Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_House-Boat_on_the_Styx

Release date is 2001-05-01

Transcribed from the 1902 Harper and Brothers edition by David Price

"A House-Boat on the Styx" by John Kendrick Bangs is a fantasy novel written in 1895. When a mysterious houseboat arrives on the river Styx, it becomes a meeting place for history's most famous dead souls. Charon, the ancient ferryman, finds himself demoted to janitor as legendary figures from history and mythology gather aboard. Each chapter presents a new encounter, mixing historical personalities in unexpected conversations—though questions about who really wrote Shakespeare's plays keep arising. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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