The Abbot's Ghost (Annotated)

The Abbot's Ghost is a compact yet richly atmospheric Gothic tale in which Louisa May Alcott turns a Christmas-house-party setting into a chamber of secrets, disguises, and moral reckoning. Set amid aristocratic English interiors and haunted by the legend of a spectral abbot, the novella blends sensation fiction, romance, and domestic drama. Its style is brisk, theatrical, and suspenseful, reveali...