| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lodewijkcover.png]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Do NOT look behind you.]] |
| 3 | ''The Wreck of the'' Lodewijk ''and Other Ghostly Stories'' is a slim volume of thoroughly British [[GhostFiction ghost stories]] by Creator/GeorgeKnight, and including the titular tale in which SS ''Lodewijk'' sank – not as quietly as appears – in a storm in 1914, off UsefulNotes/EastAnglia. |
| 4 | The other three stories are set in a country church and its undercroft or crypt; on an isle in [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} the Hebrides]]; and in the [[UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground Underground]]. |
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| 6 | !! Tropes especially notable in these stories include: |
| 7 | * AfterlifeExpress: Possibly. |
| 8 | * {{Arcadia}} / {{Barsetshire}}: In the old sense of Death's being also in Arcadia. Three of the protagonists are – or, rather, they meant to be and had thought they were – on nice, restful holidays, by the sea or in the countryside.... |
| 9 | * BigBoosHaunt: And you never know what is until you are already there. |
| 10 | * [[UsefulNotes/ATouchOfClassEthnicityAndReligion The Church of England]]: Crypts and all. TheVicar seems unaware that his parish church is UnholyGround. |
| 11 | * CoolTrain: Well, a chilling one, actually. Possibly, er, South-bound. |
| 12 | * GhostShip: Subverted. It sank … and the ship's not what you need to worry about. |
| 13 | * OurGhostsAreDifferent: With fathomless motives. There is no reason to stop and inquire about those motives, either, when you could be running away. |
| 14 | * GratuitousLatin: In addition to the Jamesian trope of SmartPeopleKnowLatin, the story, ''St Oswald's,'' includes a rather unnerving Latin inscription. |
| 15 | * SinisterSubway: One might very well think that.... |
| 16 | * SteamNeverDies: Disturbingly subverted on the Underground. |
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