Project Gutenberg 2012-04-19 Public domain in the USA. 167 Crowe, Catherine 1790 1876 Crowe, Catherine Stevens Stevens, Catherine Crowe, Catharine Ghosts and Family Legends: A Volume for Christmas E-text prepared by Delphine Lettau, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team "Ghosts and Family Legends: A Volume for Christmas" by Catherine Crowe is a collection of ghost stories and family legends written in the mid-19th century. The book serves as a festive companion, suitable for sharing around the Christmas fireside, bringing together accounts of supernatural experiences and spectral encounters often rooted in personal narratives. The opening of the text establishes a context of storytelling among friends in a country mansion, spurred by a recent misfortune that has cast a somber mood over their gatherings. As the guests share various ghost stories and personal experiences—ranging from spectral apparitions to prophetic dreams—the reader is introduced to an eclectic mix of tales that interweave the themes of love, loss, and the afterlife. These accounts reveal the characters' beliefs and attitudes toward the supernatural, setting the tone for a volume that promises to explore the thin veil between the living and the dead, inviting readers to ponder the mysteries beyond the grave. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Folklore -- Great Britain Legends -- Great Britain Ghosts -- Great Britain BF Text Category: Short Stories Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: British Literature 407319 2025-08-16T06:15:10.462814 text/html 407853 2012-04-19T16:28:16 text/html 240813 2025-08-16T06:15:18.620784 application/epub+zip 245061 2025-08-16T06:15:13.976838 application/epub+zip 223043 2025-08-16T06:15:12.615810 application/epub+zip 480414 2025-08-16T06:15:22.166764 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 456814 2025-08-16T06:15:17.767805 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370580 2022-09-18T06:24:52.590302 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388966 2025-08-16T06:15:09.862851 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 388510 2012-04-19T16:26:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 388519 2012-04-19T16:26:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20802 2025-08-16T06:15:22.292750 application/rdf+xml 18292 2025-08-16T06:15:13.116799 image/jpeg 4068 2025-08-16T06:15:12.865831 image/jpeg 145493 2012-04-19T16:26:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 148559 2012-04-19T16:29:45 application/octet-stream application/zip 145436 2012-04-19T16:26:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 239166 2025-08-16T06:15:10.494860 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia