It is Christmas Eve, the proper night for ghosts, and a houseful of guests gathered at the narrator’s uncle’s sit up with the punch bowl taking turns at spooky tales. Teddy Biffles, the doctor and the rest each contribute a story, and the narrator ends up in the dreaded Blue Chamber, his account growing less reliable with every glass.
A short, cheerful send-up of the Victorian ghost-story habit, by the author of Three Men in a Boat. Download the free EPUB.