The Romance of Certain Old Clothes, a Short Story

In the Romance of Certain Old Clothes, Henry James presents a tour-de-force of a ghost story. Set in pre-Revolutionary War America, it starts as a simple story of two sisters competing for the same man. However, when one of the two siblings dies tales of romance and the supernatural mix to great effect. Due to its emotional complexity, the book is also considered to be a precursor to Freudian theory.