Reading List by Jennie for October 2021 through December 2021

The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins

This was the first of my two short Halloween reads. Like most of my Halloween reads, it wasn’t particularly scary.

The story opens with the Countess Narona visiting a doctor in London, and recounting a strange story about her meeting her fiance’s jilted lover. The Countess is supposedly a widow; both her title and widowhood are questioned by society. She travels with her brother, the Baron Rivar, who it’s implied is actually her lover. The Countess is engaged ...