Thomas Ingoldsby (1788–1845)

I was not fond of this second volume at first. This volume is almost all poetry and the first poems are epic in length and imperial in attitude, though almost all are meant to be humorous. Towards the middle of the volume, the poems topics are ghosts, ghouls and rather horrid characters, that's when my interest picked up. By the end of the volume, the poems were silly and there were several which were easy to imagine Bertie Wooster reading aloud. I began to get a feel of Ogden Nash or Eugene show more Field, and those are two of my favorite poets. I think I would have enjoyed this even more if I had a good solid grounding in English history and characters. show less

Important to notice that Thomas Ingoldsby is NOT the author. He is a character in the book which was published under his name, the author concealing his own identity.

Fun, spectral themes. Playful, high-sounding language.

These are delightful tales from England of life in and about an estate having to do with the "Ingoldsby" family. Fun and humorous tales, but at the base of them is a solid classical education.

The conclusion was unexpected ^^'.
I feel like it doesn't deserve 2 stars, but I didn't enjoy it very much. I found it hard to read. Perhaps it was too old for me? I don't know... I could understand mostly what was going on, but it was too hard to follow. Too many characters perhaps.