Supernatural Short Stories

By (author) Charles Dickens; By (author) Dickens, Charles
Short description/annotation
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, providing an insight into the author''s storytelling apprenticeship and his steady growth towards excellence.
Description
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 provides 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 - from `The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton'' to the celebrated `The Signalman'' - 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.
Table of contents
Contains: 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.
Review quote
With its classic takes on perennially exciting themes, this volume will delight Dickens enthusiasts as well as the casual reader eager to hear an eerie tale told by one of the English language''s greatest raconteurs. * Booklist * All his characters are my personal friends - I am constantly comparing them with living persons, and living persons with them. -- Leo Tolstoy
Biographical note
A literary phenomenon in his lifetime and renowned as much for his journalism and public speaking as for his novels, Charles Dickens now ranks as the most important Victorian writer and one of the most influential and popular authors in the English language. His memorable and vividly rendered characters and his combination of humour, trenchant satire and compassion have left an indelible mark on our collective imagination.