Supernatural Short Stories - Softcover

Dickens, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847492274 ISBN 13: 9781847492272

Publisher: Alma Books, 2013

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author:

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.

From Booklist:

Ghosts, goblins, hauntings, and enchantments—those might sound like the elements of a contemporary YA novel, but as this new collection shows, they were also important interests of the doyen of Victorian fiction, Charles Dickens. While Dickens is widely celebrated for his “social novels” that explore the real-world hardships of the lower classes, these tales offer a window into the paranormal, bizarre, and supernatural themes that fascinated Dickens despite his reputation as a realist. While handling the elements we associate with genre fiction, Dickens never succumbs to convention but injects these stories with the same wit and effervescence that distinguish his most famous works. In these pages we meet a bossy, enchanted chair that offers relationship advice, a host of magical mail carts, a grumpy gravedigger whisked away by a group of goblins, and other unforgettable characters. 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. --Brett Beasley

About this edition

• Publisher: Alma Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1847492274
• ISBN 13: 9781847492272
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300