Of the early specimens of the really amusing ghost that is an actual revenant is The Ghost Baby, in Blackwood's, which shows originality and humor, yet is too diffuse for printing here.
"Humorous Ghost Stories"
Dorothy Scarborough
That is true, Monsieur; he has been often taken for a revenant.
"The Room in the Dragon Volant"
J. Sheridan LeFanu
The old life of Cambridge-it was all there, after the long years, just the same, full of freshness and laughter; but I came into it as a revenant, and yet with no sense of sadness, rather of joy that it should all be so continuous and bright.
"The Silent Isle"
Arthur Christopher Benson