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2.0 out of 5 stars
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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Charles Dickens' Christmas Ghost Stories by Peter Haining (Hardcover - Dec. 1992)
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