The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell (1852). This particularly chilly ghost story from the novelist and biographer probably most famous for documenting the life of her contemporary Charlotte Bronte is a tale of how the vengeful actions of a jealous sibling are supernaturally revisited upon a child of the family many years later. Aside from the terrifying (and in some cases very noisy) ghosts wreaking havoc, it's a story of filial and parental cruelty, but framed as a recollection of real events told by an elderly nanny in the warmth and cosiness of a Winter nursery to her young charges. There's a summary and analysis of the story here, with a link to the original story
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