# The Naiad: A ghost story

Author: Sand, George, 1804-1876; Zérèga, Katherine Berry di [Translator]

Genre: Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69312

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Naiad%3A+A+ghost+story+Sand&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Charged by my father with a very delicate mission, I repaired, towards the end of May, 1788, to the château of Ionis, situated a dozen leagues distant, in the lands lying between Angers and Saumur. I was twenty-two, and already practising the profession of lawyer, for which I experienced but slight inclination, although neither the study of business nor of argument had presented serious difficulties to me. Taking my youth into consideration, I was not esteemed without talent, and the standing of my father, a lawyer renowned in the locality, assured me a brilliant patronage in the future, in return for any paltry efforts I might make to be worthy of replacing him. But I would have preferre...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-naiad-a-ghost-story-69312/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-naiad-a-ghost-story-69312/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-naiad-a-ghost-story-69312/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-naiad-a-ghost-story-69312/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-naiad-a-ghost-story-69312/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-naiad-a-ghost-story-69312/chapters/2/index.md)