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Title: Emergency in the Gothic Wing

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Title: Emergency in the Gothic Wing Title Record # 878435
Author: Elizabeth Bowen
Date: 1954-11-08
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: A comic story. The ghost-hunter in it sees no actual ghosts, but his hostess tells him that he's not looking in the right place and that she has a ghost in her kitchen (this ghost doesn't actually appear in the story). First published in the Tatler, 8 November 1954.
Synopsis: A woman hosting a Christmas gathering at her English country house juggles many visitors: an American couple (the husband wants to see ghosts and brings his spirit-photography equipment), an old family friend who's a fussy bachelor, and a very rude ex-actress who comes uninvited bringing her protegé, an avant-garde flautist. Luckily they all eventually get along very well, especially after one night when the American ghost-hunter believes he's found what he's looking for.
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Bazaar and Other Stories 2008-06-00 Elizabeth Bowen Edinburgh University Press 978-0-7486-3571-9
£50.00?£: UK pound
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Bazaar and Other Stories 2008-06-00 Elizabeth Bowen Edinburgh University Press 978-0-7486-3572-6
£14.99?£: UK pound
224
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
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