A House-boat on the Styx
Author | : John Kendrick Bangs |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1895 |
ISBN-10 | : HARVARD:HWJSKC |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book A House-boat on the Styx written by John Kendrick Bangs and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The souls of the dead must cross the Styx, to pass into a Hades-like afterworld. In the first of the twelve stories compiled in A House-Boat on the Styx, the man who ferries the souls across sees a houseboat floating downriver and fears for his livelihood. He is appointed janitor on the boat, where the remaining stories take place between characters from history and mythology.