The Haunted and the Haunters (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

<p><strong><em>The Haunted and the Haunters</em> (also known as <em>The House and the Brain</em>) features a wealthy rational-minded narrator who armed with scientific instruments and skeptical determination volunteers to spend a night alone in a notoriously and violently haunted London house. He is convinced that the disturbances are simply human fraud or psychological phenomena. However as the night progresses the narrator is confronted by a series of increasingly intense and inexplicable terrors that defy all rational explanation. He soon discovers that the house is cursed not by a simple ghost but by a complex ancient force tied to a hidden sinister history.</strong></p><p>From the influential pen of Edward Bulwer-Lytton the prolific Victorian novelist and playwright comes a foundational work of supernatural fiction that blends skeptical inquiry with terrifying reality.</p><p>This masterful story is a landmark in Victorian ghost fiction demonstrating Bulwer-Lytton's genius for blending intellectual curiosity with deep creeping dread. It is essential reading for fans of classic supernatural fiction and the origins of psychological horror.</p>