"A House-Boat on the Styx" is a fantastic humorous book by the American writer John Kendrick Bangs. In this work, he transports readers to an incredible place - a boat on the river Styx, which is home to dead heroes of history and mythology. On board the boat meet such legendary characters as Hamlet, Napoleon, Sherlock Holmes and others, who discuss current events from the world of the living. The author successfully combines the sharpness of satire with unpredictable plot twists, which makes the book exciting for the reader. "A House-Boat on the Styx" is not only a thoughtful story, but also a kind of window into the world of the afterlife, which the author depicted with a masterful sense of humor and fantasy.