First, this translation is excellent, especially the descriptions. When I saw how old the work was, I wondered if I could scrounge up a free translation, but I'm glad I held out for this new one. 
 Second... this is creeeeepy. It opens with a long description of the preparations for a christening and it all seems rather idyllic. And then the internal narrative begins. Time for grandpa to give you nightmares. Gahh... in fact, it did give me a nightmare last night, which makes me want to bump this up to five stars, but the grandpa's second story wasn't quite as engaging. 
 Still, good creepy stuff. Did I mention creepy? 
 Do not want spiders.