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The tapestried chamber

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Malik Taufiq
Malik Taufiq

General Browne stays the night in the Woodville Castle's haunted "Tapestried Chamber" as an experiment by his friend Lord Woodville. That night, General Browne is visited by the ghostly apparition of a woman whose face bears the traces of vile passions. He is later told that the figure is of Aunt Margaret, a descendent of Lord Woodville, whose image is sewn into the tapestries of the chamber. The story was written by Sir Walter Scott in 1828 and helped popularize the Gothic literature genre, influencing later supernatural-themed works.

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The Tapestried Chamber - Gothic Literature A tale of General Browne who after returning from American War of Independence, visits and stays at Woodville Castle, the residence of his old school friend, now a Lord, Frank Woodville. Lord Woodville; knowingly places his friend in a room known as "The Tapestried Chamber" said to be haunted... as an experiment. So that night..
General Browne is visited by a ghostly apparition which scares the wits out of the veteran. And only then does Lord Woodville reveals the true nature of placing him in the room. "Ere I could draw the bed curtain to see what the matter was, the figure of a little woman passed between the bed and fire. Upon a face which wore the fixed features of a corpse, were imprinted the traces of the vilest and most hideous passions which had animated her while she lived. The body of an atrocious criminal seemed to have been given up from the grave." - General Browne The General is surprised to find out that the woman with the hag skeletal face who visited him; is in actual fact , Aunt Margaret ; a descendent of the Lord Woodvile and that her figure in all its glory is sewn in the tapestries itself. Written by Sir Walter Scott in 1828. A scottish novelist, poet & playwright. The book was adapted into a play called Keepsake.
THE PHENOMENON Led to other supernatural themed works such as Dickens Christmas Carol Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Oscar Wildes Picture of Dorian Grey Cultivated writings of Stephen King, Anne Rice.

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The tapestried chamber

  • 1. The Tapestried Chamber - Gothic Literature A tale of General Browne who after returning from American War of Independence, visits and stays at Woodville Castle, the residence of his old school friend, now a Lord, Frank Woodville. Lord Woodville; knowingly places his friend in a room known as "The Tapestried Chamber" said to be haunted... as an experiment. So that night..
  • 2. General Browne is visited by a ghostly apparition which scares the wits out of the veteran. And only then does Lord Woodville reveals the true nature of placing him in the room. "Ere I could draw the bed curtain to see what the matter was, the figure of a little woman passed between the bed and fire. Upon a face which wore the fixed features of a corpse, were imprinted the traces of the vilest and most hideous passions which had animated her while she lived. The body of an atrocious criminal seemed to have been given up from the grave." - General Browne The General is surprised to find out that the woman with the hag skeletal face who visited him; is in actual fact , Aunt Margaret ; a descendent of the Lord Woodvile and that her figure in all its glory is sewn in the tapestries itself. Written by Sir Walter Scott in 1828. A scottish novelist, poet & playwright. The book was adapted into a play called Keepsake.
  • 3. THE PHENOMENON Led to other supernatural themed works such as Dickens Christmas Carol Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Oscar Wildes Picture of Dorian Grey Cultivated writings of Stephen King, Anne Rice.