The Ghost
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A good fit for
- Readers interested in nineteenth-century American literature who want to broaden their reading
- Digital-humanities enthusiasts studying public-domain ebooks and the history of Project Gutenberg
- Casual readers who enjoy short classical fiction that can be read in one sitting
Not a good fit for
- Contemporary genre-fiction readers seeking strong plotting and fast pacing
- Beginners who need a Chinese translation or a bilingual edition
Reading tips
- Read the opening pages first to get the narrative tone, then decide whether to read closely or skim.
- After finishing, look up O'Connor's life and the background of nineteenth-century American literature to fill in the context.
- Read it alongside Gothic short stories on similar themes and note the similarities and differences in technique.
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About the author
William Douglas O’Connor (1832–1889) was a nineteenth-century American writer and social critic. Public information about him is limited, and the details of his life are not widely known today. Three of his works are held in this collection, and their varied subjects show the breadth of his writing. The Good Gray Poet, A Vindication is a defense of Walt Whitman, written in response to the moral objections then raised against Whitman’s Leaves of Grass; firm in stance and eloquent in tone, it is often cited in studies of Whitman’s reception. The novel Harrington: A Story of True Love centers on a love story and reflects the narrative taste of popular fiction of its day, while The Ghost turns to a tale with supernatural coloring. On the whole, his writing combines argumentative sharpness with narrative imagination, and his works are known to readers today mainly through Whitman-related scholarship.
