Three Ghost Stories Book

Sometimes it's good to read some classics. Sometimes it just serves to remind the reader of changing times and tastes. This selection was inspired by a modern pastiche of a Victorian scary story from a book I've recently read. That one was lovely, actually. And these stories not so much. Maybe it's something to do with how a modern reader processes written word, after all we don't dress, speak, eat, behave or communicate in the same way we did in the 19th century, so would be somewhat preposterous to expect to read the same. Which isn't to say all classical literature is difficult to enjoy, some resonate perfectly well with any audience, some remain timeless, but this small collection…not so much. Yes, you can appreciate the use of language and turns of phrase, but in general it was much too dense and chewy to be easily digestible. A classic case of the forest being obscured by the trees, wherein the effort of wading through all the serpentine protracted sentences obscures the plot itself. Maybe it's my plebeian pedestrian tastes talking or maybe, just maybe these stories just didn't age the way of wine and cheese, but either way they didn't work for me. It was a slog to get through, not to mention it took twice the amount of time 60 pages normally require. It might work for you, depending on how you like your ghosts. At least this was free. Chalking it up to an experiment then.