A solitary man in London shares his rooms with a human skeleton, and the two keep company through long evenings of musing. Chapters on waste, vampires, haunting, four-leaved shamrocks and Guinevere mix wry essay, half-told love stories and ghostly anecdote, as the narrator weighs the hopes and errors of his life against the grinning silence of his companion.
A curious, melancholy-witty Victorian book, best for readers who enjoy the reflective bachelor essay with a macabre twist. Download the free EPUB.