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Louisa May Alcott has written many enticing mystery tales, some of which published under her pseudonym A. M. Bernard. The Abbot’s Ghost is one such story, and an overall enjoyable little book that will thrill and delight you with a cast of fascinating characters and Alcott’s genuine writing style and descriptions faithfully expressing the reality of a world gone by.Unfolding during the Holiday Season, the plot of the story sees Maurice Treherne trying to win the heart of the love of his life, Octavia. Dancing, eavesdropping, a focus on redeeming one’s honor, and a whole host of complex and interesting plot twists ensue that will even guide readers into the realm of the supernatural.Although it happens during the Christmas season, it has very little to do with the actual holiday, but everything to do with the spirit of it, subscribing to morals and guidelines that will make lead you to think of life and its many mysterious interactions in a slightly different way.As a mystery story in its own right, The Abbot’s Ghost couldn’t be considered a respectable story to be told during the Christmas season without actual ghost tales that we come across throughout the book.Alcott does an excellent job livening up the party with these exciting tales, while forging the book’s own intrigues in the background. You’ll find the overall atmosphere of the love story involved, as well as all the small elements and the character studies that surround it will make you feel like you are truly a part of a lost era which holds many more secrets than one could hope to discover.The Abbot’s Ghost is one of those tales you will gladly relax with on a Sunday afternoon or enjoy during the Christmas Holidays, whether or not you’ve read any ghost stories or mysteries in the past.
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