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Violence
Some
Moderate supernatural horror; a genuinely frightening climax
Language
None
No strong language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Significant psychological dread; the slow build from folklore to terror is the story's great achievement
What this book is about
Edith Nesbit's celebrated short story — often anthologized as a classic of supernatural horror — follows a couple who rent a rural cottage near an ancient church. The local legend holds that on All Saints' Eve, the stone effigies of two knights leave their tombs. What begins as charming folklore becomes genuinely terrifying. Nesbit, better known for her children's fiction (The Railway Children), showed a sharp horror instinct in her ghost stories.
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Supernatural horror
Genuinely frightening climax
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