by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Gothic and Supernatural · Terror and Horror · The Unseen
Abstract
An early collection of supernatural and macabre tales, headed by the title story of a whaling captain haunted (or driven mad) by a ghostly visitant on the Arctic ice, and including ‘J. Habakuk Jephson’s Statement,’ Doyle’s fictional solution to the Mary Celeste mystery, and ‘The Great Keinplatz Experiment’ on mesmeric soul-transfer.
Capitoli / Chapters
- THE CAPTAIN OF THE “POLE-STAR.”
- F. HABAKUK JEPHSON’S STATEMENT.
- THE GREAT KEINPLATZ EXPERIMENT.
- THE MAN FROM ARCHANGEL.
- THAT LITTLE SQUARE BOX.
- JOHN HUXFORD’S HIATUS.
- CYPRIAN OVERBECK WELLS — A LITERARY MOSAIC.
- JOHN BARRINGTON COWLES.
- ELIAS B. HOPKINS, THE PARSON OF JACKMAN’S GULCH.
Readability (prose)31.1 Flesch ease14.1 FK grade15.9 Fog19% complex20.9 words/sent
Connections
Forms & Genres: Short Story Themes & Concepts: Uncanny, Terror and Horror, Madness, Mesmerism, Death and Love Motifs: Ghosts, Supernatural, Ship, Snow, Sea and Voyage Historical References: American Civil War Settings: Ship, America Archetypes: Ghost, Outsider
Also relevant to: Alienation · Outsider · Exile