Customer Reviews

Beautifully atmospheric writing - By: MaryAnne, 26 Nov 2007
This short story is beautifully written & atmospheric. The descriptions of the marsh & isolated islandin all weathers are wonderful & the characterisations are excellent. My one criticism would be that it wasn't heartstoppingly chilling as advertised on the cover.

Arthur Kipps is a young lawyer dispatched to attend the funeral of reclusive Alice Drablow. While visiting the isolated Eel Marsh House he is to put Mrs Drablow's affairsin order & then return to London.
What appears to be a routine task turns out to be anything but; with repercussions that will affect the rest of his life.
The villagers refuse to be drawn on the subject of Eel Marsh House or the mysterious woman dressedin black whom he first seesin the churchyard at the time of the funeral. When Arthur visits the isolated house scary events become more frequent & he begins to unravel the mystery of the Womanin Black.

I enjoyed this book more for the descriptions than the story itself.
I have seen it performed on stage, where it was much more spooky & enveloping.