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Book

Supernatural short stories

Call Number

  • FICTION DICK (CEN)

Publication Information

Surrey, U.K. : Alma Classics, 2012.

Physical Description

173 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm.

Summary

Charles Dickens wrote a number of supernatural and horror stories, some of which were included in his longer works, while others were published in magazines. This collection gathers them together in one volume, providing an invaluable insight into the author's storytelling apprenticeship and his steady growth towards excellence. As well as offering a further dimension to the world of his better-known masterpieces, these tales illustrate Dickens's well-known love of a spooky story told around a blazing fire, the pastime of a bygone age to be rediscovered for our own delight.

Contents

  • The bagman's story
  • The story of the goblins who stole a sexton
  • The story of the bagman's uncle
  • The Baron of Grogzwig
  • A confession found in a prison in the time of Charles II
  • To be read at dusk
  • The ghost in the bride's chamber
  • The haunted house
  • To be taken with a grain of salt
  • No. 1 branch line: the signalman
  • Notes on the text
  • Notes
  • Extra material: Charles Dickens's life ; Charles Dickens's works ; Select bibliography.