What Was It? is a short story by Irish author Fitz-James O'Brien. - AsNotedIn
IT is, I confess, with considerable diffidence that I approach the strange narrative which I am about to relate. The events which I purpose detailing are of so extraordinary and unheard-of a character that I am quite prepared to meet with an unusual amount of incredulity and scorn. Fitz-James O'Brien, What Was It?
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1907/00/00 | Fitz-James O'Brien | Author | "What Was It?" by Fitz-James O'Brien is published in Brander Matthews' collection, The Short-Story. |
| Particulars for What Was It? A Mystery (short story): | |||
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| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Utility | Gaslight | a type of lamp in which an incandescent mantle is heated by a jet of burning gas | |
| Supernatural | Ghost | an apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image | |
| Paranormal | Haunted | a place frequented by ghost | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Art Type | Short Story | short form narrative fiction | |
| Narrative Arts | Speculative Fiction | a genre of fiction that encompasses works in which the setting is other than the real world, involving supernatural, futuristic, or other imagined elements | |
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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