Originally published in 1819, “The Spectre Bridegroom” is a ghost story about a baron and his daughter in historic Germany. The tale revolves around the daughter’s betrothal to Count Van Altenburg and the strange occurrences that lead up to the wedding.

I gotta say the more short stories I read from Washington Irving the more he becomes one of my most misliked authors ever. 

This short story has a good premise for a plot but the way its delivered to us is less good. Because as the narrator goes on into the short stories it feels like he is losing focus of the main plot line of this short story and goes into things which doesn’t have meaning in the long run

The pacing in this short story is very uneven. Since it changes multiple times during the short story. What I mean here is that the pacing of the narrative of this short story goes from being fast to being very slow to then again being fast. Which isn’t very consistent and good in my opinion.

I Give This Book 2 / 5