The Christmas season is a traditional time for sharing ghost stories. At the end of the year, when the sun goes down early, people spend more time indoors around the fire, which makes for an agreeable setting to enjoy the unsettling. Authoress Mrs. Gaskell cannot resist a good gothic tale, so she has gathered a number of her Athenæum Club companions to present a chilling and thrilling hour to our honoured guests.
Interpreting History 