![]() ![]() River Hall's rightful owner refuses to live there, but remains haunted by the bleakness of her financial future if no paying tenant can be found.Ĭharlotte Perkins Gilman's disturbing short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892) explores the idea of a house haunted by its current occupants. As with all good ghost stories, there are multiple threats and fears in play it features the Victorian fascination with money and inheritances, and the impact on estates of spooks, ghosts and ghouls. Charlotte Riddell's The Uninhabited House (1875), for instance, tells the tale of River Hall, haunted by the phantom of its former owner, who committed suicide in mysterious circumstances. They can also be an effective analogy for the collective fears of a community. ![]() ![]() Homes are supposed to be places of safety and sanctuary that's what makes it so terrifying when they turn on their tenants. ![]()
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