The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Vintage Movie Classics

by R.A. Dick

Book Overview

The book that inspired Joseph L. Mankiewicz's cinematic romance starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison--one of the most passionately romantic movies ever made. - With a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani.

Burdened by debt after her husband's death, Lucy Muir insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Cottage in the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff, despite multiple warnings that the house is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804173486
• ISBN13: 9780804173483
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Better than any film adaptation could ever be!

Since the 1960s I have read The Ghost And Mrs. Muir wellover ten times and, having stumbled across the admiring reviewsherein, will start reading it again tomorrow. It is a wondrousamalgam of fantasy and reality, of the yearning for romance andthe painful gaining of maturity. I am a fifty-five year old maleupset to usually find Leslie's novel categorized as "romance" fiction.Her world followed Jane Austen's by over two hundred years, but Leslie's novel has much of the wit and merit of Emmaor Pride and Prejudice.

Still my favorite paranormal romance

I've read plenty of recent paranormal romances, but none come close to The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. I read a so-so ghost romance last year, and it made me yearn to read this book again.Maybe this book rises above those others because it sets its ghostly element in a realistic setting populated with believable people. Sure, the captain is a crusy sailor, but there's a real person there, even if he is a ghost. Mrs. Muir holds her own, too -- none but the strong could endure that household.The book surpasses both the movie and the TV show. If you saw the movie, set aside your memories of it and read the book. (For one thing, the movie ruined the ending!)Anne M. Marble Reviewer, All About Romance

I love this story

I searched for this book for many years, having fallen in love with the story after watching Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney portray Daniel Gregg and Lucy Muir. After many disappointments, I finally found a newly published edition. It is a wonderful story. Lucy is a recently widowed woman who overcomes all of the barriers placed upon her gender by society. With the help of the ghost (a sea captain), she becomes strong and resourceful. When she falls in love with a mortal man, Captain Gregg sacrifices his happiness so that she may be free to marry. After a few twists and turns, the tale concludes in a romantic and happy ending. I recommend this story.

I thoroughly enjoyed the originality of this novel.

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is a wonderfully sentimental and imaginative portrait of what originality can accomplish. R.A. Dick did a fantastic job of composing a story with levity and hope in what could have been a very depressing tale. The reader is also given multiple opportunities to sympathize with some characters, while abhorring the natures of others. The most brilliant aspect of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is the way in which the story of Mrs. Muir, a lonely, passive widow who simply wants much deserved independence, is a truly universal tale. All of us, at some point in our lives, have yearned for freedom from our oppressions, no matter how great or small they may be. Personally, I found myself supporting Mrs. Muir as she "grew a back bone" and began to lash out at those things which bothered her. Throughout this novel, we see something which seemingly many characters of today's novels lack: growth. As for the lovable Captain Gregg, we see him evolve, also. In the beginning of the story, the seaman is not well received by Mrs. Muir nor the reader. However, as time progresses, Captain Gregg becomes compatible to Mrs. Muir and readers find themselves hoping that by some twist of fate, Mrs. Muir and Captain Gregg will find a way to be together for eternity. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is a novel to be enjoyed by hopeless romantics and cynics alike. This novel, through humor, sadness, originality, a universal theme(though steeped in an unconventional story) and well-crafted characters with depth, gives everyone hope that our problems will be solved with some degree of success in due time.

One of the most original and touching stories ever written!

Whether the author's name is Josephine Leslie or her pen name "R. A. Dick", this story of a young widow and the ghost of a gruff sea captain who haunts the house where she now lives combines comedy, romance, pathos, religious philosophy, and just a touch of ghost story in equal proportions to create a story that you will want to read over and over again! The basis for a smash motion picture starring Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney and a hit television series starring Hope Lange and Edward Mulhare, Ms. Leslie's work has all the elements to be a classic.