Edith Wharton

Kerfol Edith Wharton

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One of the many ghost stories Edith Wharton wrote. Here, the un-named narrator is encouraged to buy the old Brittany chateau, and visits a perfectly credible if slightly romantic old building with a moat, high walls, a garden and a tower. The only strange element is the absence of human habitation and the presence of so many unusually quiet dogs...