The Slype House by A.C. Benson
The Slype House is a novel written by A.C. Benson, first published in 1904. It tells the story of a young man named Richard, who upon inheriting a large fortune from his wealthy uncle, decides to move into a small cottage on the outskirts of town, known as The Slype House. The house is said to be haunted by the ghost of its former owner, a reclusive and eccentric man named Mr. Rumbold. Richard soon discovers that The Slype House has a strange and unsettling atmosphere, filled with odd noises and unexplained occurrences. As he attempts to uncover the secrets of the house and its past, he realizes that the ghost of Mr. Rumbold is not just a figment of his imagination, but a malevolent force that threatens to destroy him. Will Richard be able to uncover the truth about The Slype House and escape its clutches alive?
By A.C. Benson · First published 1913 · Genre: Horror, Mystery, Gothic · 6,915 words
First lines
In the town of Garchester, close to St. Peter's Church, and near the river, stood a dark old house called the Slype House, from a narrow passage of that name that ran close to it, down to a bridge over the stream. The house showed a front of mouldering and discoloured stone to the street, pierced by small windows, like a monastery; and indeed, it was formerly inhabited by a college of priests who had served the Church. It abutted at one angle upon the aisle of the church, and there was a casement window that looked out from a room in the house, formerly the infirmary, into the aisle; it had been so built that any priest that was sick might hear the Mass from his bed, without descending into the church. Behind the house lay a little garden, closely grown up with trees and tall weeds, that ran down to the stream.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: A.C. Benson
- Date: 1913 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Horror, Mystery, Gothic, Paranormal
- Length: 6,915 words
- Structure: 1 section, 55 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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Genres
- Horror — The novel features eerie and frightening elements, characteristic of horror genre.
- Mystery — The plot revolves around a series of confounding events and enigmatic circumstances, aligning it with mystery genre.
- Gothic — The book incorporates elements of dark and gloomy atmosphere, supernatural occurrences, and old, decrepit structures, all of which are typical elements of a gothic novel.
- Paranormal — The narrative includes events that are not scientifically explainable, thus classifying it within the paranormal genre.
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