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A Haunted House

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1921

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Essay Topics

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Virginia Woolf’s short story “A Haunted House” is a subversion of the traditional ghost story. What devices does Woolf use to perform such subversion?

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The multiplicity of narrators sets an ambiguous tone to the short story. Who is the “you” addressed in the story?

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What is the relation between the descriptions of the house and gardens and the overall tone of sadness they short story conveys?

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