Tom Ossington's Ghost (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Horror ThrillerBy Richard Marsh
Length6h 34m
About this audiobook
Tom Ossington's Ghost is a late-Victorian supernatural mystery that fuses the haunted-house tradition with the brisk machinery of sensation fiction. Marsh builds his narrative around an apparently malign presence, a decaying domestic space, and the gradual disclosure of buried family secrets, using ghosts less as decorative terror than as instruments of inheritance, memory, and social unease. Its style is lucid, suspenseful, and sharply paced, belonging to the same fin-de-siècle culture that produced psychological Gothic, detective puzzles, and anxieties about property, legitimacy, and hidden crime. Richard Marsh, the pen name of Richard Bernard Heldmann, was one of the most versatile popular writers of the 1890s and Edwardian period. Best remembered for The Beetle, which initially outsold Dracula, he wrote across horror, crime, humour, and adventure with an acute awareness of the periodical marketplace. His own unstable career, journalistic training, and fascination with urban modernity helped shape fiction in which respectable surfaces repeatedly conceal fraud, violence, and uncanny disturbance. This book is recommended to readers who admire Victorian Gothic but want more than atmospheric haunting. It offers a rewarding blend of mystery, irony, and spectral suggestion, and it will especially appeal to those interested in neglected rivals of Stoker, Collins, and Conan Doyle.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror
Length6 hrs 34 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 18, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A Hero of Romance (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Synopsis
4Historical Context
5Tom Ossington’s Ghost
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6Chapter 1 A New Pupil
7Chapter 2 There’s a Conscience!
8Chapter 3 Two Lone, Lorn Young Women
9Chapter 4 In the Dead of Night
10Chapter 5 A Representative of Law and Order
11Chapter 6 The Long Arm of Coincidence
12Chapter 7 Bruce Graham’s First Client
13Chapter 8 Madge . . . And the Panel
14Chapter 9 The Thing which was Hidden
15Chapter 10 Madge Finds Herself in an Awkward Situation
16Chapter 11 Under the Spell
17Chapter 12 Tom Ossington’s Lawyer
18Chapter 13 An Interrupted Treasure Hunt
19Chapter 14 The Cause of the Interruption
20Chapter 15 The Companion of His Solitude
21Chapter 16 Two Visitors
22Chapter 17 The Key to the Puzzle
23Chapter 18 Madge Applies More Strength
24Chapter 19 The Woman and the Man
25Chapter 20 The Fortune
26Analysis
27Reflection
28Memorable Quotes
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