The Upper Berth
SOMEBODY asked for the cigars. We had talked long, and the conversation as beginning to languish; the tobacco smoke had got into the heavy curtains, he wine had got into those brains which were liable to become heavy, and it was already perfectly evident that.
SOMEBODY asked for the cigars. We had talked long, and the conversation as beginning to languish; the tobacco smoke had got into the heavy curtains, he wine had got into those brains which were liable to become heavy, and it was already perfectly evident that.
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781406584998 (1406584991)
Publish date: November 1st 2007
Publisher: Dodo Press
Pages no: 56
Edition language: English
Mr Brisbane details his adventures after booking a lower berth in a haunted stateroom on the steamship Kamtschatka.This is a classic horror short story by F Marion Crawford. 4 STARS
Brilliantly creepy. I read it in Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories, and it was one of the standout stories in that volume. I definitely want to reread this one!
Log in with Facebook 
