A Haunted House

The multiplicity of narrators sets an ambiguous tone to the short story. Who is the “you” addressed in the story?

What is the relation between the descriptions of the house and gardens and the overall tone of sadness they short story conveys?

What aspects of this text can be considered modernist?

What is the relationship between natural phenomena and the ghostly couple’s inner feelings?

Ambiguity is a central term for Woolf’s short story. How does ambiguity operate in the text?

The two main settings of the short story are inside and outside. What is the difference between what happens inside and outside the house?

Woolf’s short story is a descendant of 18th-century Gothic novels and stories. What aspects of the Gothic are still present in “A Haunted House”?

Choose a Gothic narrative and compare it to “A Haunted House.”