Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2013-04-20 Public domain in the USA. 64 Parkes, William Theodore 1908 The Spook Ballads Reading ease score: 72.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Irma Spehar, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Spook Ballads" by William Theodore Parkes is a collection of humorous and whimsical poetry written in the late 19th century. The work showcases Parkes' playful engagement with themes of the supernatural, particularly ghosts and legends, delivered with a light-hearted tone and witty illustration work. The poems contain a mixture of narrative and verse, revealing stories that blend fun, satire, and commentary on society. At the start of the collection, Parkes introduces readers to a series of entertaining ballads that feature various characters, including a haunted butler and ghostly encounters at historic sites like Hampton Court. The opening poem narrates a spectral conversation between a living man and a ghost who laments his fate, dealing humorously with the misunderstandings and fears surrounding the supernatural. As the tale unfolds, Parkes employs playful language, rhyme, and vivid imagery, drawing the reader into a world where the ridiculous meets the eerie, setting the tone for the hilarity and creativity of the subsequent poems in the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42566/42566-h/images/cover.jpg en Ghosts -- Poetry Supernatural -- Poetry PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 423224 423149 2024-10-18T03:54:28.317478 2023-09-18T12:22:03.232273 text/html text/html 417541 2013-04-20T11:09:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 9576143 2013-04-22T08:23:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 9828537 2024-10-18T03:54:40.427505 application/epub+zip 9830688 2024-10-18T03:54:31.104478 application/epub+zip 194040 2024-10-18T03:54:29.785482 application/epub+zip 9957971 2024-10-18T03:54:46.372460 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 9913566 2024-10-18T03:54:39.104479 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309647 2022-09-19T12:36:45.118730 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 277091 276864 2024-10-18T03:54:25.389492 2023-09-18T12:22:00.629253 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 276832 2013-04-20T11:09:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 104421 2013-04-22T08:23:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 276833 2013-04-20T11:09:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 104379 2013-04-22T08:23:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21125 2024-10-18T03:54:46.532369 application/rdf+xml 13571 2024-10-18T03:54:29.973476 image/jpeg 2782 2024-10-18T03:54:29.898478 image/jpeg 9813935 2024-10-18T03:54:28.885550 application/octet-stream application/zip