# Louis Fielder — Ghost Stories character guide

> Louis Fielder in Ghost Stories by E. F. Benson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** poor Louis, Fielder

**First appearance:** 0000-the-room-in-the-tower

## Snapshot

A melancholy figure remembered as 'poor Louis,' whose fate lingers in the minds of those who knew him and shadows the tales they tell.

## Who they are

Louis Fielder haunts the margins of Benson's ghostly company as a man whose end has already become a cautionary memory among friends. The pity in the phrase 'poor Louis' suggests a life marked by misfortune or obsession, and a death that others cannot quite put behind them. His fate gives the surrounding stories their weight, reminding listeners that the supernatural is not merely a fireside amusement.

## In the story

### [The Thing in the Hall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/chapters/the-thing-in-the-hall)

Louis Fielder, the friend who has been studying spiritualism and 'expecting' a visitor, believes the Thing is an Elemental and is determined to communicate with it.

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