Evenings at Home in Spiritual Seance (Second Series)

Set between 1870 and 1881, this work captures the remarkable spirit activities within a Victorian home. Through diary-like prose, Houghton paints vivid scenes of spirits engaging in everyday tasks, like laying the table for tea, blending the heavenly with the mundane. Her interactions range from communicating with her pet dove to conversing with archangels, reflecting a life that intertwines the ordinary with the extraordinary, filled with connections to both the living and the spiritual realm.