Eel Marsh House

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Eel Marsh House is the isolated, fog-shrouded mansion at the center of Susan Hill’s ghost story "The Woman in Black," notorious for its haunting atmosphere and tragic history.

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Eel Marsh House canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional house
fictional location
accessedBy Nine Lives Causeway
accessRestriction cut off at high tide
adaptedAsSettingIn Hammer Films’ The Woman in Black (2012)
linked to: The Woman in Black

ITV television film The Woman in Black (1989)
stage adaptation of The Woman in Black in London’s West End
appearsIn The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black (1989 film)
linked to: The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black (2012 film)
linked to: The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black (novel)
The Woman in Black (stage play)
linked to: The Woman in Black
associatedWithCharacter Alice Drablow
Arthur Kipps
Jennet Humfrye
the Woman in Black
linked to: The Woman in Black
associatedWithEvent death of Jennet Humfrye’s child
series of child deaths linked to the Woman in Black
creator Susan Hill
fictionalCountry England
firstAppearance The Woman in Black (1983 novel)
functionInStory primary setting of The Woman in Black
site of supernatural manifestations
genreContext gothic horror
hasFeature causeway approach
family graveyard
nursery room
surrounding marshes
literaryTradition English ghost story
locatedInFictional Nine Lives Causeway area
linked to: Nine Lives Causeway

near the fictional town of Crythin Gifford
medium film
literature
theatre
narrativeRole catalyst for the protagonist’s encounters with the supernatural
notableFor fog-shrouded surroundings
gothic atmosphere
isolated location
marshland setting
tragic backstory
ownedByFictional Alice Drablow
settingFor hauntings by the Woman in Black
symbolizes grief
isolation
unresolved trauma

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Arthur Kipps associatedWithPlace Eel Marsh House
The Woman in Black setting Eel Marsh House
The Woman in Black settingLocation Eel Marsh House
The Woman in Black notableLocation Eel Marsh House
Crythin Gifford associatedWith Eel Marsh House
Jennet Humfrye haunts Eel Marsh House
Jennet Humfrye residenceInLife Eel Marsh House
Nine Lives Causeway connectsTo Eel Marsh House