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Haunting Words

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I’ve chosen this month’s story because of its effective and pleasing use of poetic language. A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf is, on the face of it, a ghost story. But there is so much more to it than that. An interesting narrative style, and language that is every bit as beautifully nuanced as you could expect from a poem, lift it to another level. Read it here: https://writ.rs/ ahauntedhouse

The story is somewhat ethereal and hard to catch hold of. I would recommend reading it more than once, both for increased understanding of the meaning and maximum enjoyment of the well-chosen wording. It really isn’t very long, and your time will definitely be well spent. Let’s look at the narrative style first. This could be characterised as experimental. The story tells of two couples, one living and one ghostly, co-existing in the same house. The narrative slips back and forward between the two couples, with

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