It's been widely described as a ghost story but personally I feel this is a bit of a spoiler and maybe a little bit inaccurate. I would have loved to have read this without that knowledge so I could make up my own mind as to what is going on. However I did like how the house becomes a character in itself whether or not you believe this is a ghost story. Really well written and a great account of the fall of the country estates that was so common after the war.