Edward
Frederic Benson (1867-1940), narrator, essayist and English biographer, was
borne in Wellington College where his father, who was later to become
Archbishop of Canterbury, was dean. In addition to the academic activity it
Marlborough and at the King’s College of Cambridge, he dedicated himself to archaeology
and classical studies. Between the two centuries, Benson produced an incredible
number of works of escapist fiction and biography. But it is for his
contribution to the evolution of the tale of the uncanny that he is still
remembered and re-proposed today.