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On Christmas Eve, a party of friends descends on a purportedly haunted country retreat, charged with the task of discovering evidence of the supernatural. Sequestered in their rooms for the holiday, the friends reconvene on Twelfth Night at a great feast and share their stories of spectral encounter. “The Mortals in the House” by Charles Dickens provides the framework for the tales, which include two more of his own stories. Counting Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins among its other contributors, The Haunted House examines quintessentially Victorian themes – sex and longing, nostalgia and loss – in ways that continue to resonate today. Ingeniously conceived and written, and spiked with flashes of Dickensian humor, this volume is a strange and sheer delight.
1: The Mortals in the House – Charles Dickens
2: The Ghost in the Clock Room – Hesba Stretton
3: The Ghost in the Double Room – George Augustus Sala
4: The Ghost in the Picture Room – Adelaide Anne Procter
5: The Ghost in the Cupboard Room – Wilkie Collins
6: The Ghost in Master B’s Room – Charles Dickens
7: The Ghost in the Garden Room – Elizabeth Gaskell
8: The Ghost in the Corner Room – Charles Dickens
1: The Mortals in the House – Charles Dickens
2: The Ghost in the Clock Room – Hesba Stretton
3: The Ghost in the Double Room – George Augustus Sala
4: The Ghost in the Picture Room – Adelaide Anne Procter
5: The Ghost in the Cupboard Room – Wilkie Collins
6: The Ghost in Master B’s Room – Charles Dickens
7: The Ghost in the Garden Room – Elizabeth Gaskell
8: The Ghost in the Corner Room – Charles Dickens
著者について
Charles Dickens, perhaps the best British novelist of the Victorian era, was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on February 7, 1812. His happy early childhood was interrupted when his father was sent to debtors' prison, and young Dickens had to go to work in a factory at age twelve. Later, he took jobs as an office boy and journalist before publishing essays and stories in the 1830s. His first novel, The Pickwick Papers, made him a famous and popular author at the age of twenty-five. Subsequent works were published serially in periodicals and cemented his reputation as a master of colorful characterization, and as a harsh critic of social evils and corrupt institutions. His many books include Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836, and the couple had nine children before separating in 1858 when he began a long affair with Ellen Ternan, a young actress. Despite the scandal, Dickens remained a public figure, appearing often to read his fiction. He died in 1870, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished.
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