A House-Boat on the Styx
Being Some Account of the Diverse Doings of the Associated Shades
A House-Boat on the Styx is an 1895 historical fantasy and classic fantasy story collection by John Kendrick Bangs, Peter Newell and Ohn Kendrick Bangs. Key subjects include houseboats, Styx and Satire.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 14 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 192 editions.
It runs to roughly 171 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.
About A House-Boat on the Styx
The souls of the dead must cross the Styx, to pass into a Hades-like afterworld. In the first of the twelve stories compiled in A House-Boat on the Styx, the man who ferries the souls across sees a houseboat floating downriver and fears for his livelihood. He is appointed janitor on the boat, where the remaining stories take place between characters from history and mythology.
Opening line
“CHARON, the Ferryman of renown, was cruising slowly along the Styx one pleasant Friday morning not long ago, and an he paddled idly on he chuckled mildly to himself as he thought of the monopoly to ferriage which in the course of years he had managed to build up.”
Quick answers
Who wrote A House-Boat on the Styx?
A House-Boat on the Styx was written by John Kendrick Bangs, Peter Newell and Ohn Kendrick Bangs and first published in 1895.
What genre is A House-Boat on the Styx?
It is usually shelved as Historical Fantasy and Classic Fantasy.
How long is A House-Boat on the Styx?
The median edition has 171 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to A House-Boat on the Styx?
Readers who like it often enjoy A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Ayesha and The Well at the World's End.
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