{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f25605aee167d494d9db561/5f9dbb185e6b0d56d7afefed?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 4: A Haunted House","description":"<p>Just in time for Halloween - we're off to a haunted house with our first aid kit packed with books to keep us sane while things go bump in the night. Will our books keep us safe from ghouls and poltergeists? There's only one way to find out...</p><p><br></p><p>Note - this episode was recorded when it was (briefly!) legal for two members of different households to mix indoors.</p><p><br></p><p>Angela's first aid kit:</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Little Stranger</strong> by Sarah Waters</p><p><strong>Jane Eyre</strong> by Charlotte Bronte</p><p><strong>The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire</strong> by Arthur Conan Doyle (you can read it online <a href=\"https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/uploads/3/7/3/8/37380505/1924_january_the_adventure_of_the_sussex_vampire.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>)</p><p><br></p><p>Nicola's first aid kit:</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Haunting of Hill House</strong> by Shirley Jackson</p><p><strong>The Turn of the Screw</strong> by Henry James</p><p><strong>Dracula </strong>by Bram Stoker</p><p><br></p><p>Other resources/books we mention:</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Never Let Me Go</strong> by Kazuo Ishiguro</p><p><strong>Love and Other Thought Experiments</strong> by Sophie Ward</p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/10/shirley-jackson-ruth-franklin-review-a-rather-haunted-life\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Rather Haunted Life</em>: Guardian review</a></p><p><strong>The Lottery</strong> by Shirley Jackson</p><p><strong>The Yellow Wallpaper</strong> by Charlotte Perkins Gilmour</p><p><strong>Wide Sargasso Sea</strong> by Jean Rhys</p><p><a href=\"https://time.com/5411826/bram-stoker-dracula-history/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Bram Stoker Claimed That Parts of Dracula Were Real. Here's What We Know About the Story Behind the Novel</em> (Time)</a></p><p><br></p><p>Find us on Twitter <a href=\"https://twitter.com/FirstAidLit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@firstaidlit</a> and share your thoughts - what would you pack in your first aid kit? Let us know.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Nicola Sheppey and Angela Wipperman"}