The Woman in Black

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What real reader does not yearn, somewhere in the recesses of his or her heart, for a really literate, first class thriller one that chills the body, but warms the soul with plot, perception, and language at once astute and vivid In other words, a ghost story written by Jane Austen Alas, we cannot give you Austen, but Susan Hill s remarkable Woman In Black comes as close as our era can provide Set on the obligatory English moor, on an isolated causeway, the story has as its hero Arthur Kipps, an up and coming young solicitor who has come north from London to attend the funeral and settle the affairs of Mrs Alice Drablow of Eel Marsh House The routine formalities he anticipates give way to a tumble of events and secrets sinister and terrifying than any nightmare the rocking chair in the deserted nursery, the eerie sound of a pony and trap, a child s scream in the fog, and most dreadfully and for Kipps most tragically The Woman In Black The Woman In Black is both a brilliant exercise in atmosphere and controlled horror and a delicious spine tingler proof positive that this neglected genre, the ghost story, isn t dead after all. Read The Woman in Black By Susan Hill – kino-fada.fr A man may be accused of cowardice for fleeing away from all manner of physical dangers but when things supernatural, insubstantial and inexplicable threaten not only his safety and well being but his sanity, his innermost soul, then retreat is not a sign of weakness but the most prudent course The young solicitor sent to Crythin Gifford to sort out the affairs of a recently deceased Mrs Alice Drablow is a man by the name of Arthur Kipps.The people of Crythin Gifford are like the people of A man may be accused of cowardice for fleeing away from all manner of physical dangers but when things supernatural, insubstantial and inexplicable threaten not only his safety and well being but his sanity, his innermost soul, then retreat is not a sign of weakness but the most prudent course The young solicitor sent to Crythin Gifford to sort out the affairs of a recently deceased Mrs Alice Drablow is a man by the name of Arthur Kipps.The people of Crythin Gifford are like the people of most small ...A disappointment I kept hearing about how this was a real honest to god, old fashioned ghost story steeped in the tradition of James and James Henry and Montague Rhodes that delivered a frisson of genuine terror and some very fine writing as well Alas I didn t find any of this to be true.For starters, I didn t believe the narrator He is a man in his forties self described as unimaginative who years before suffered a scarring supernatural experience, yet he sounds for all the world like A disappointment I kept hearing about how this was a real honest to god, old fashioned ghost story steeped in the tradition of James and James Henry and Montague Rhodes that delivered a frisson of genuine terror and some very fine writing as well Alas I didn t find any of this to be true.For starters, I didn t believe the narrator He is a man in his forties self described as unimaginat...I said in another review that I m near impossible to scare because my parents were relaxed with horror movie censorship when I was a young kid I was oversaturated with horror from a young age and tend to find itlaughable than spine tingling.However, this book may be the only exception I have found so far In recent years I have flat out avoided horror stories because they do nothing for me I can stomach Stephen King but only because his books tend to be aboutthan the basic horror I said in another review that I m near impossible to scare because my parents were relaxed with horror movie censorship when I was a young kid I was oversaturated with horror from a young age and tend to find itlaughable th...Arthur Kipps an up and coming solicitor is sent by his employer to Crythin Gifford a remote village to attend the funeral and settle the affairs of a client the late Mrs Alice Drablow of Eel Marsh House When he gets there he is haunted by the ghost of a woman in blackThis was a very eerie, spooky read I had a hard time putting this book down, I wanted to find out wha...A chilling, traditional ghost story, with a strong Victorian feel a lone lawyer goes to a spooky house on the marshes, plagued by stories of madness and death No great surprises, but shocking none the less It is skilfully written, so that most of the scary stuff happens in your head, rather than being explicit on the page NARRATOR A...Rating Clarification 2.5 stars.Disappointing and predictable, this Gothic ghost story isn t a patch on the classics of the genre such as Henry James The Turn of the Screw The writing is uneven and the author fails to keep the suspense building often interspersing awkward boring moments between the tense scenes, which unfortunately were all too few Part of the problem with the tension was that it was al...A very good ghost story with creepy sounds, a marsh with lots of fog and danger, and a haunting revengeful spirit I was all set to give this book a strong 3 stars until the last chapter s chilling, horrid surprise ending Now I can t wait to see the movie ...After finishing and loving The Silent CompanionsI really wanted to another gothic period style ghost story to creep me out and when The Woman In Black came up in in my recommendations feed I was excited about the novel after reading the book s blurb image What I heard next chilled and horrified me.The noise of the pony trap grew fainter and then stoppe...You know, what I love about British ghost stories are that they are so understated, like everything else in the country They don t come bellowing and and dripping gory entrails they creep upon you, and whisper boo almost apologetically in your ear I think M R James started this trend, and all others seem to be following it.Susan Hill starts her novel, The Woman in Black , showing Arthur Kipps, an elderly lawyer and the first person na...2.5 starsThe story starts with our main protagonist Arthur Kipps narrating his paranormal experience to his close family and friends The start of the book reminded me of The Turn of the Screw as this also starts with a similar narration pattern and both these stories revolve around an isolated house.But that is where the similarity ends.The setting ofEel Marsh Houseis spooky, it is foggy surrounded by marshes and the accessibility to the house is blocke...

The Woman in Black
  • English
  • 26 March 2018
  • Paperback
  • 138 pages
  • 1567921892
  • Susan Hill
  • The Woman in Black