Interest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens'lifetime. He had always loved a good ghost story himself,particularly at Christmas time,and was open-minded,willing to accept,and indeed put to the test,the existence of spirits.
His natural inclinations toward drama and the macabre made him a brilliant teller of ghost tales,and in the twenty stories presented here,which include his celebrated A Christmas Carol,the full range of his gothic talents can be seen.
Chilling as some of these stories are,Dickens has managed to inject characteristically grotesque comedy as he writes of revenge,insanity,pre-cognition and dream visions,he indulges also in some debunking of contemporary credulity.
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions LtdISBN: 9781853267345Weight: 211 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 15 mm
Charles Dickens
A towering figure in the development of the novel,Charles Dickens was a British writer responsible for some of the best-loved works in the English language,including Oliver Twist,David Copperfield,A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations.
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