A House-Boat on the Styx (1896)

Harmless and at times cute, (though wordy) satire as told through a series of vignettes taking place in Hades...histories famous (and now dead) as the stars.

Not as in depth or intellectual as I thought it would be, and some of the humor is dated, (it was published in the late 19th century.) Still a few smiles to be had, if you are familiar with the historical figures mentioned in the stories.

A bit of a cheat having the characters of Hamlet being real, but otherwise okay. ( )

Enjoyable, light-hearted. Downloaded from Gutenburg ( )

The first in the Houseboat series, followed by Pursuit of the Houseboat and The Encchanted Typewriter. Moderately funny but episodic; on the whole I prefer Pursuit. ( )

meh ( )