Middleton, Richard: The New Boy & Other Tales of Childhood (shorts). v1. 24 Nov 2020
 

THE NEW BOY and Other Tales of Childhood


No sweet memories or yearning for the past will be found here. These are stories of pains and sorrows and tragedies suffered in childhood.

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Richard Barham Middleton (28 October 1882 – 1 December 1911) was an English poet and author, who is remembered mostly for his short ghost stories, in particular “The Ghost Ship.” Suffering from severe depression, he committed suicide in 1911. His works in book form were published posthumously.

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This collection is comprised of selected stories taken from The Ghost Ship and Other Stories (1912). The text is in the public domain worldwide.