02222cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000410011324500740015426400510022830000470027933600260032633700260035233800360037850000310041450801140044552012380055953400450179765300180184285600430186099900170190311750UtSlPG20260610133300.0mcr n260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aLe Fanu, Joseph Sheridan,d1814-187310aJ. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 :bThe Haunted Baronet (1871) 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2004  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2004-03-01  aE-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Andrea Ball, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team  a"J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is a collection of ghost stories likely written in the late 19th century. This volume, opening with "The Haunted Baronet," sets the stage in the picturesque village of Golden Friars, shrouded in mystery and supernatural occurrences, particularly revolving around the troubled lives of local inhabitants and the secrets they harbor.  The opening portion introduces readers to the charming yet eerie setting of Golden Friars, primarily featuring the George and Dragon inn, where a group of local patrons discusses the impending return of Sir Bale Mardykes, a man linked to a tragic past involving a drowned woman and her child. The narratives unravel the intertwining fates of Sir Bale, Philip Feltram—an illegitimate descendant of a lost noble lineage—and unsettling tales of ghostly apparitions connected to the lake nearby. As the story progresses, feelings of dread and foreboding linger, setting in motion a series of events that will clash with the ghostly past that haunts both the characters and the landscape, hinting toward themes of guilt, retribution, and the supernatural's infiltration into daily life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aGhost stories40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11750  c53196d53196