Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714543598
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book 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 "A Madman’s Manuscript" to "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.
The Supernatural Short Stories of Charles Dickens
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714543598
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book 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 "A Madman’s Manuscript" to "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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714543598
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book 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 "A Madman’s Manuscript" to "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.
The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Michael Joseph
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher: Michael Joseph
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Charles Dickens Supernatural Short Stories
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Flame Tree Collections
ISBN: 9781839641930
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Charles Dickens is a much-loved author for his vast and important contributions to English literature. This collection brings together his supernatural short stories, some of which were included in his longer works, and others that originally featured in magazines, including ‘The Bagman’s Story’, ‘The Ghost in the Bride’s Chamber’ and ‘To Be Read at Dusk’, among others. They are all fantastically gripping stories from one of the greatest writers of all-time. Essential collaborations with his acolytes Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell are also included.
Publisher: Flame Tree Collections
ISBN: 9781839641930
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Charles Dickens is a much-loved author for his vast and important contributions to English literature. This collection brings together his supernatural short stories, some of which were included in his longer works, and others that originally featured in magazines, including ‘The Bagman’s Story’, ‘The Ghost in the Bride’s Chamber’ and ‘To Be Read at Dusk’, among others. They are all fantastically gripping stories from one of the greatest writers of all-time. Essential collaborations with his acolytes Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell are also included.
Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486203077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Twelve supernatural tales are accompanied by a discussion of Collins' life and literary achievements
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486203077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Twelve supernatural tales are accompanied by a discussion of Collins' life and literary achievements
The Haunted House
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: United Holdings Group
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher: United Holdings Group
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Classic Ghost Stories
Author: Bill Bowers
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1599216949
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Even now, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, when science has largely replaced superstition as our way of viewing the world, who among us does not hesitate, however briefly, before entering a darkened room? Who does not feel an involuntary shiver at the sound of footfalls somewhere back there? Who does not wonder, even fleetingly, if the spirits of the dead might still wander the earth? Who does not feel a jolt of primal fear at things that go bump in the night? For all these reasons and more, stories of ghosts, unexplained happenings, and the supernatural remain among the most popular and enduring tales in all of world literature. Now The Lyons Press presents CLASSIC GHOST STORIES, a chilling collection of some of the very best tales of mystery and imagination ever penned, by some of the finest writers the world has ever produced. So curl up in a comfortable chair, turn on a few more lights to chase away the shadows, and prepare to be scared silly. These are delightfully creepy tales that have stood the test of time, from such stellar authors as: Ambrose Bierce Edgar Allan Poe Edith Wharton E.F. Benson Guy de Maupassant William Fryer Harvey Charles Dickens Amelia B. Edwards M.R. James Algernon Blackwood Rudyard Kipling Edward Bulwer-Lytton Mary E. Wilkins ...and many more
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1599216949
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Even now, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, when science has largely replaced superstition as our way of viewing the world, who among us does not hesitate, however briefly, before entering a darkened room? Who does not feel an involuntary shiver at the sound of footfalls somewhere back there? Who does not wonder, even fleetingly, if the spirits of the dead might still wander the earth? Who does not feel a jolt of primal fear at things that go bump in the night? For all these reasons and more, stories of ghosts, unexplained happenings, and the supernatural remain among the most popular and enduring tales in all of world literature. Now The Lyons Press presents CLASSIC GHOST STORIES, a chilling collection of some of the very best tales of mystery and imagination ever penned, by some of the finest writers the world has ever produced. So curl up in a comfortable chair, turn on a few more lights to chase away the shadows, and prepare to be scared silly. These are delightfully creepy tales that have stood the test of time, from such stellar authors as: Ambrose Bierce Edgar Allan Poe Edith Wharton E.F. Benson Guy de Maupassant William Fryer Harvey Charles Dickens Amelia B. Edwards M.R. James Algernon Blackwood Rudyard Kipling Edward Bulwer-Lytton Mary E. Wilkins ...and many more
To be Read at Dusk
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories
Author: Michael Cox
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192804472
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
Collection of thirty-five English ghost stories written during the Victorian Era.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192804472
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
Collection of thirty-five English ghost stories written during the Victorian Era.
Best Ghost Stories
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853267345
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853267345
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories
Author: Richard Dalby
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
ISBN: 9780786702794
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
Gathers forty of the best English and American ghost stories from the genre's golden age of 1839 to 1910, including works by Charles Dickens, Bram Stoker, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Ambrose Bierce. Original.
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
ISBN: 9780786702794
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
Gathers forty of the best English and American ghost stories from the genre's golden age of 1839 to 1910, including works by Charles Dickens, Bram Stoker, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Ambrose Bierce. Original.