Love is a topic that has occupied every mind since the beginning of time. L.M. Montgomery, in her short story “Miriam’s Lover,” contemplates love and its marvelous power by examining the bond between a young man and a woman that defies the bounds of space and time.
A Ghost Story
Mrs. Mary Sefton listens as her friend reads a ghost story. Having finished it, the friend flings the book down in disgust and proclaims that ghost stories are ridiculous. Though Mary admits that this particular ghost story is ridiculous, she confesses that she does not doubt all ghost, or spirit, stories.To prove this statement, Mary tells her friend about Miriam Gordon, Mr. Sefton’s niece, who came to live with the Seftons when her mother and stepfather were in Europe.
