The Haunting of Lamb House

By Joan Aiken

Book Overview

A fictional account of the haunting of one of the most literary houses in history speculates on the supernatural dimensions of the house that inspired Henry James to write The Turn of the Screw. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312090609
• ISBN13: 9780312090609
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

haunting of lamb house

Hard-to-find book, but timeless story of real place. Once you have read it you can go visit, or vice versa. ASIN

On the better side

I'm not much of a book reader. I usually stick to magizines and news paper articals;But I must say I consider this book to be one of the better Books I have read. Some parts seemed to drag on forever, but then again Their were so many suprises and secrets that it all evened out. If I do ever decide to read a book or novel I like to read Gothic Mysteries. This book struck my fansy when I saw that it had the word Haunting in it. For the most part The Haunting of Lamb House was very injoyable!

a unique and literary tale

This book describes the intertwined lives of the persons who live in Lamb House over the course of many years: a crippled boy whose greatest desire never comes true; Henry James and his infatuation with various younger men; and other characters. And I do mean characters! These are not run-of-the-mill folks. They are interesting and quirky and unique. I also sensed some tongue-in-cheek pokes at sexuality, which were amusing. The entire book is enjoyable.