Name: The Uninvited
ISBN: 9780992817077

Dorothy Macardle

A gothic, bone-chilling Irish ghost story first published in 1941 and brought back into print in Tramp's Recovered Voices series.

The Uninvited

Tim J. Kelly

THE STORY: Seeking to escape the demands of life in London, Pam Fitzgerald and her brother, Roddy, an aspiring playwright, discover a charming house in the west of England, overlooking the Irish Sea. The house, Cliff End, has long been empty, and t

Dorothy Macardle's Classic Ghost Story : a Play in Three Acts

Lara Engle

I listened to this on the Forgotten Classics podcast. It was a fun read. I eagerly awaited each new installment, wondering what would happen next. I figured out the mystery of the ghost(s) very early on, but the characters are so delightful, it was fun to listen and wait for them to figure it out.

Janice Hopper

I learned about this book from one of those lists of Halloween books that comes around every year. I like to read ghost stories sometimes. And this is very much a ghost story. I understand that there is also a movie, so I'll have to look for that.

There's a haunted house bought by a brother and sister. There are hidden family secrets, and a number of people trying to find their way forward. The ghost story part is pretty good. The bit of romance isn't really to my taste, though it's not horrible. (I just generally don't have a lot of patience for most romance.)

I very much enjoyed the writing style. Something about the slightly mannered pre-WW2 proper English novels is very comforting to read for me. I don't think it quite approached 4 stars for me, but I did like it.

The Uninvited

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