Shortly after arriving, Janet begins to experience strange occurrences. She hears unexplained footsteps in empty hallways, doors opening and closing on their own, and feels sudden drops in temperature. However, the most disturbing phenomenon is the appearance of "visitors"—shadowy figures that appear and disappear quickly. Unlike traditional scary ghosts, these figures seem to be re-enacting a scene, looking sad or desperate rather than menacing.
The Ghostly Visitors is a graded reader published by Burlington Books
level—it transforms a complex Victorian ghost story into an accessible, suspenseful mystery. Plot Overview The story follows Catherine Blake
specifically adapted for English language learners, often at the 1º Bachillerato level. Based on Henry James's classic 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw