This Gothic tale was published anonymously in the August 1818 issue of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine . Punctuation, case, and spelling are reproduced exactly as in the original, with the exception of an added blank line between paragraphs.
Original pagination is noted in square brackets.
A Literary Gothic etext. This etext may not be be copied, stored, or retransmitted in any form, except as noted below. If you want to direct people visiting your site to these texts, I thank you for it, but only provide links directly to the texts here. Feel free to print out a copy for personal use, or a number of copies for classroom use, but that's it. Rev. Dr Gottlieb Michael Gosschen, a Catholic clergyman of great eminence in the city of Ratisbonne.