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Originally Posted by fantasyfan
I found "The Old Nurse's Story" quite enjoyable. The old sister with her dark secret, the terrible ghostly old man playing the organ in "Phantom of the Opera" fashion, and the crying wounded child are presented with gusto. The atmosphere really works for me despite its use of all the traditional ghost story machinery.
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That's an interesting parallel with Phantom of the Opera. Your reference to traditional ghost story machinery makes me wonder how innovative versus traditional a story like this might have seemed to readers of the time.