What Made Edith Wharton Write Ghost Feeler?

Home of horror stories, Vidicus includes the latest collection of creepy music, books and audiobooks. Ghost Feeler by Edith Wharton is one amongst the top horror books available here. Diagnosed with typhoid at 9 years of age, Edith Wharton had begun recuperation when she got a book of ghost stories to read. Reading horror tales not only set back her recovery but also opened up her frantic imagination to a new world haunted by unformed ghosts. This paranoia was so chronic that she couldn’t sleep in a room containing any ghost story book. She even burned such books often to get rid of dread. The fear stayed until she reached twenty. She was able to overcome her fears but retained a sense of supernatural. She didn’t consider herself a ghost-seer, but a ghost-feeler (who senses the things that cannot be seen). This ability and experience enabled Wharton to write scary tales that express sensed of terror or unease.

Ghost Feeler includes nine different stories that deal with hallucination, isolation, and vampirism. A few of these stories were also published in magazines. These themes reflect Edith’s bad experience with marriage and internal fears. Influenced by the great ghost story writers and her friend or mentor Henry James, she became one of the best horror writers.

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