Aiken makes use of the hallmark of Gothic fiction—the haunted house—in this story of three authors whose lives become inextricably tied to Lamb House, a Georgian mansion situated in the town of East Sussex, England: Toby Thomas, who lived there in the 18th century; followed by Henry James, who discovered Toby’s mysterious diary a century later; and ending with E.F. Benson, who struggled to put . The Haunting of Lamb House by Joan Aiken starting at $ The Haunting of Lamb House has 5 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace. Description. Three interlocking ghost stories that, together, span two centuries. In a gracious Georgian house in Mermaid Street, Rye, can be sensed a disturbed alien presence, a restless spirit that seems to be pleading for some service to be performed. In , Toby Lamb, Mayor of Rye, writes down the events that led to the death of his beloved sister Alice.
A novel of the events that may have led to the haunting of Lamb House, Rye, once owned by the Lambs, and literary luminaries Henry James and E F benson. pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. DJ unclipped. Book tight and clean. Stock Image. Joan Aiken was a much loved English writer who received the MBE for services to Children's Literature. She was known as a writer of wild fantasy, Gothic novels and short stories. She was born in Rye, East Sussex, into a family of writers, including her father, Conrad Aiken (who won a Pulitzer Prize for his poetry), and her sister, Jane Aiken. In Lamb House, a haunted Georgian building, Toby Lamb documents his troubled life in a manuscript that he hides in the house, and the new owner, E. F. Benson, must interpret the memoirs and put the past to rest. (General Fiction) The Haunting of Lamb House Joan Aiken Snippet view -
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