The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Vintage Movie Classics

R. A. Dick

Sep 2014 · Sold by Vintage

About this ebook

The book that inspired Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s cinematic romance starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison—one of the most passionately romantic movies ever made. • With a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani.
 
Burdened by debt after her husband's death, Lucy Muir insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Cottage in the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff, despite multiple warnings that the house is haunted. Upon discovering the rumors to be true, the young widow ends up forming a special companionship with the ghost of handsome former sea captain Daniel Gregg. Through the struggles of supporting her children, seeking out romance from the wrong places, and working to publish the captain's story as a book, Blood and Swash, Lucy finds in her secret relationship with Captain Gregg a comfort and blossoming love she never could have predicted.
 
Originally published in 1945, made into a movie in 1947, and later adapted into a television sitcom in 1968, this romantic tale explores how love can develop without boundaries, both in this life and beyond. 

Vintage Movie Classics spotlights classic films that have stood the test of time, now rediscovered through the publication of the novels on which they were based.

Ratings and reviews

I always loved the movie and I love this book a lot too. If you loved the movie of the same name you will definitely love the book too. It's a book I will read again.

I've loved this story forever. I've seen the movie so many times! I just found the book here and it was every bit as good as the movie. The movie did the book justice. ♥️♥️

A bit different from the movie but I truly enjoyed it. I'm especially glad that she apologized to Martha, unlike in the movie. Great read.

About the author

R. A. DICK was the pseudonym of Irish writer Josephine Aimee Campbell Leslie, who was also the author of The Devil and Mrs. Devine. She died in 1979.