Charming Victorian Ghost Story

Wilkie Collins is one of the most popular Victorian writers and some of his novels are still fun to read. He probably invented the mistery thriller and ghosts became his trade mark. "Mrs.Zant and the Ghost" is a typical example of that.

The story has all the ingredients of a modern soap opera: A frail and grief stricken young widow, who cannot get over the death of her beloved husband, a mischievous, villainous brother in law with very bad intentions and of course the young, honest gentleman, a widower himself with a lovely little daughter, who plays the role of the knight in shining armor. It is easy to predict, where this will go, but Mrs.Zant's ghost adds some spice to it.

The story is beautifully told and the prose has the typical Victorian touch and this patina gives the story all its charm. Of course this is not a thriller to be matched against a Stephen King novel, but it is pleasant to read and quite entertaining.

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Gillian Anderson is brilliant

Would like to Listen to her much longer
Interesting characters and a story very well told.