The story ‘Red Room’ by H.G. Wells was set and written in 1896. It is quite a typical example of a gothic ghost story, which was a genre quite popular in the late 19th century. ‘Farthing House’ by Susan Hill, however, is based and written in 1992, although there are some elements of the gothic genre in it as it visits the time of the late 19th/early 20th century, which is how the stories are …showed first 75 words of 1722 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1722 total…is very effective too, with the writer’s use of short, one sentence paragraphs and description of feelings and setting. Both are good in their own way, I think, it depends on why you choose to read them. I think the most effective thing in each story is the way the reader is denied of knowledge in different ways, as we are often more scared of what we think up out of our own imaginations.