Complete Ghost Stories

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.Stories include:The Queer ChairA Madman’s ManuscriptThe Goblins who Stole a SextonThe Ghosts of the MailThe Baron of GrogzwigA Christmas CarolThe Haunted Man and the Ghost’s BargainTo be Read at DuskThe Ghost in the Bride’s ChamberThe Haunted HouseThe Trial for Murder (to be taken with a grain of salt)The SignalmanChristmas GhostsThe Lawyer and the GhostFour Ghost StoriesThe Portrait-Painter’s StoryCaptain Murderer and the Devil’s BargainMr Testator’s VisitationA Child’s Dream of a StarWell-Authenticated Rappings
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