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Clara Venegas's avatar

Can I ask which book exactly you are referring to with this?: "a Victorian ghost story comes to mind, probably by Edith Wharton, that started with the telling of ghost stories round the fireplace on Christmas Eve". Because it sounds amazing and I'd like to read it.

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Sophie's avatar

Good question! I may have combined several stories in my mind, because I remember reading this story in an anthology combining several English-language ghost stories. A quick check of NYRB's Edith Wharton's Ghosts collection confirms that the story could have been Wharton's "The Eyes"--but it's not set at Christmas. I'll have to look into this some more...

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Clara Venegas's avatar

Thank you, I'll see if I can find "Ghosts".

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