Literature of Colonial South Asia: A Digital Archive

Ghostly Reincarnation

Stories where a deceased loved one reappears in ghostly form, possibly to haunt the guilty suriviving party -- or to convey an important message. 

Contents of this tag:

  1. Rudyard Kipling, "The Finest Story in the World" (1888) (Short Story)
  2. Rabindranath Tagore, "In the Night" (1894 / Translated 1925) (Short Story)
  3. Rabindranath Tagore, "The Child's Return" (1893 / translated 1918) (Short Story)
  4. Rabindranath Tagore, "The Trust Property" (Translated 1918) (Short Story)
  5. Rabindranath Tagore, "The Lost Jewels" (Translated 1925) (Short Story)
  6. Rabindranath Tagore, "The Skeleton" (Translated 1918) (Short Story)
  7. Rabindranath Tagore, "Emancipation" (Translated 1925) (Short Story)
  8. Alice Perrin, "Caulfield's Crime" (1901) (Short Story)