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An Exchange of Souls

Barry Pain (1911)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.59

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Positive tags

MysterySupernatural

Heroine archetypes

Ghost from Past

Synopsis

"Doctor Daniel Myas is carrying out experiments in order to transfer human souls. When the doctor dies suddenly from an overdose of drugs, his special apparatus transfers him to the body of his fiancee, Alice. The girl herself dies shortly afterwards in a train crash and the ghosts of the two endavour to resolve their endless future."- - Description by Peter Haining, in "A Century of Ghost Novels 1900 - 2000" (Appendix to his book, The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories)

Tags

Gothic FictionSupernatural HorrorEarly Speculative FictionEdwardian Literature