Apple-Tree Table, and Other Sketches Story 1 - The Apple Tree Table Part 1

In which a peculiar old apple-tree table, discovered in a long-forgotten garret reputed to be haunted, is brought into the family’s daily life amid curious tickings and uneasy suspicions. The narrator’s contemplation of a dusty tome and the eerie sounds emanating from the humble table provoke a mixture of scientific wonder and supernatural dread within the quiet domestic sphere.