Charles Dickens was the man who initiated the now famous tradition of writing and publishing ghost stories - especially for Christmas. This collection of his work brings together, in one volume, all the stories Dickens wrote for the Christmas issues of his magazines. Stories featured include "Ghost at Christmas", "The Goblins who Stole a Sexton", "The Goodwood Ghost Story", "The Rapping Spirits", "The Haunted House" and "A Christmas Carol".
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Disappointing Anthology by a Master,
This review is from: Charles Dickens' Christmas Ghost Stories (Paperback)
Aside from the beloved classic, A Christmas Carol, this book proves a literary disappointment. Despite the cover's claim of "ten chilling classics" the 293 pages offer little of macabre merit. Some so-called stories were a patchwork of Dickens' ideas on the supernatural; one Review was actually an essay criticizing other author and the credulity of persons claiming to have had experience with the Spirits. My favorite tales are "The Goblins who Stole a Sexton" (a real plot), "The Mother's Eyes" (Poe style, the murderer is caught), and "The Signal Man" (premonitions of railroad disaster). These selections are worthwhile reading, but I found the "The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain" ludicrously long and convoluted, with surrealistic touches and an unsatisfactory denouement. Curiously the editor includes a mini tale within the Appendix. Dickens was a master storyteller and deliberately well-researched on the European fad of séances, rappings and hauntings, but most of these stories do not represent him at his brooding best.
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