Supernatural short stories
By: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Alma Classics
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Richmond, Surrey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781847492272
Subjects: Paranormal fiction; English Ghost stories
Work titles: Short stories
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 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 - 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173).
Table of contents: title: The bagman's story --; title: The story of the goblins who stole a sexton --; title: The story of the bagman's uncle --; title: The Baron of Grogzwig --; title: A confession found in a prison in the time of Charles the Second --; title: To be read at dusk --; title: The ghost in the bride's chamber --; title: To be taken with a grain of salt --; title: No. 1 branch line: the signalman.