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The Signalman and Other Horrors: The Best Victorian Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens
Contributor(s): Kellermeyer, M. Grant (Illustrator), Kellermeyer, M. Grant (Introduction by), Dickens, Charles (Author)

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ISBN: 1515105210     ISBN-13: 9781515105213
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $13.50  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: July 2015
* Out of Print *
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Horror - General
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" L (0.54 lbs) 178 pages
Features: Annotated, Illustrated
 
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Publisher Description:
Filled with fresh illustrations and illuminating commentary on each story, this collection of Dickens' best ghost stories is a unique and fascinating study of Britain's first great supernatural master. The defining writer of the Victorian Age, Charles Dickens rattled Western society with his dauntless progressivism and his acidic social realism. His ghost stories, too, left a deep impression on the collective imagination of his readers. Often darkly humorous, sometimes thoughtfully allegorical, at times psychologically complex, and in the best cases existentially disturbing, Dickens' specters - from the purgatorial Jacob Marley to the signalman's faceless tormentor - are richly diverse. This illustrated collection contains critical thoughts on each story, and illuminating annotations to four of Dickens' most masterful, complex, and confusing tales: "To Be Read at Dusk," "The Signal-Man," "The Trial for Murder," and the excerpt "Marley's Ghost." Easily read either at Christmas Eve or Hallowe'en, this versatile collection neatly presents a beautiful survey of Dickens' best and most haunting spook tales. TALES INCLUDED in this ANNOTATED EDITION: Christmas Ghosts - The Lawyer and the Ghost - The Bagman's Uncle - A Madman's Manuscript - The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton - Baron Koldwethout's Apparition - The Mother's Eyes - Marley's Ghost - To Be Read at Dusk - The Hanged Man's Bride - Captain Murder and the Devil's Bargain - The Trial for Murder - The Signal-Man
 
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