By way of "the silent thought of Wordsworth in eld Stillness" he beholds "clouds passing through skeleton arches of Tintern Abbey" and from that focus goes on to experience oneness with valleyed Wales. Fiction In 1816, the abbey was made the backdrop to Sophia Ziegenhirt's three-volume novel of Gothic horror, The Orphan of Tintern Abbey, which begins with a description of the Abbey as seen on a sailing tour down the Wye from Ross to Chepstow. Her work was dismissed by The Monthly Review as "of the most ordinary class, in which the construction of the sentences and that of the story are equally confused". During the 20th century the genre switched to supernatural fiction. "The Troubled Spirit of Tintern Abbey" was a story privately printed in 1910 under the initials 'E. B', which was later included in Lord Halifax’s Ghost Book (1936). There an Anglican cleric and his wife are on a cycling tour in the Wye valley and are contacted by a ghost from Purgatory who persuades them to have masses said for his soul. The tale was followed in 1984 by Henry Gardner's novella, "The Ghost of Tintern Abbey" 1984. The more recent novel, Gordon Master's The Secrets of Tintern Abbey (2008), covers the building's mediaeval history as the author dramatises the turbulent 400 years of the Cistercian community up to the monastery's dissolution. References Sources Procter, Edward, The topographical legacy of the medieval monastery'', Exeter University thesis, 2019, Appendix 9: Tintern – Art, folklore, literary and popular culture references External links Visitor and ticket information at Cadw Tintern Abbey visitor information at Medievalheritage.eu Tintern Abbey information at Castlewales.com Cistercian Abbeys: Tintern Tintern and Other British Cistercian Abbey Photo Pages Enchanting Ruin: Tintern Abbey and Romantic Tourism in Wales Scheduled monuments in Monmouthshire Grade I listed churches in Monmouthshire 1131 establishments in Wales 1536 disestablishments in Wales Religious organizations established in the 1130s Cadw Cistercian monasteries in Wales History of Monmouthshire Ruins in Wales Landmarks in Wales Medieval Wales Christian monasteries established in the 12th century Tourist attractions in Monmouthshire Ruined abbeys and monasteries Church ruins in Wales Monasteries dissolved under the English Reformation