A House-Boat on the Styx - Softcover

Bangs, John Kendrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1508556814 ISBN 13: 9781508556817

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

A House-Boat on the Styx is a book written by John Kendrick Bangs and published in 1895. The premise of the book is that everyone who has ever died (up to the time in which the book is set, which seems to be about the time of its publication) has gone to Styx, the river that circles the underworld. The book begins with Charon, ferryman of the Styx being startled—and annoyed—by the arrival of a houseboat on the Styx. At first afraid that the boat will put him out of business, he later finds out that he is actually to be appointed the boat's janitor. What follows are eleven more stories (for a total of twelve) which are set on the house boat. There is no central theme, and the purpose of the book appears to be as a literary thought experiment to see what would happen if various famous dead people were put in the same room with each other. Each chapter is a short story featuring various souls from history and mythology. In the twelfth chapter the house boat disappears, leading into the sequel, Pursuit of the House-Boat.

About this title

About the Author:

John Kendrick Bangs (27 May 1862 – 21 January 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1508556814
• ISBN 13: 9781508556817
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 54