A review by connorshirs
The Beckoning Fair One by Oliver Onions

3.0

This left me kind of puzzled, I still can't quite understand what happened. Maybe that's the point, who knows? I did like this novella, Oleron and Elsie had a very interesting relationship, is it love? One-sided, yes. Many highly regarded horror writers have cited The Beckoning Fair One as one of the greatest ghost stories ever written. This one didn't chill me like Green Tea by Sheridan Le Fanu, Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You by M.R. James, and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James did. Even Ambrose Bierce's ghost stories are better. That being said, this novel succeeded with its characters and left me confused, which I think some horror aims to do.