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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. “Conducted” by Charles Dickens and counting Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins among its 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.
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Hesperus Press, as suggested by their Latin motto, Et remotissima prope, is dedicated to bringing near what is far—far both in space and time. Works by illustrious authors, often unjustly neglected or simply little known in the English–speaking world, are made accessible through a completely fresh editorial approach or new translations. Through these short classic works, which feature forewords by leading contemporary authors, the modern reader will be introduced to the greatest writers of Europe and America. An elegantly designed series of exceptional books. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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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. “Conducted” by Charles Dickens and counting Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins among its 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.
From the Publisher
Hesperus Press, as suggested by their Latin motto, Et remotissima prope, is dedicated to bringing near what is far—far both in space and time. Works by illustrious authors, often unjustly neglected or simply little known in the English–speaking world, are made accessible through a completely fresh editorial approach or new translations. Through these short classic works, which feature forewords by leading contemporary authors, the modern reader will be introduced to the greatest writers of Europe and America. An elegantly designed series of exceptional books. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Under none of the accredited ghostly circumstances, and environed by none of the conventional ghostly surroundings, did I first make acquaintance with the house which is the subject of this Christmas piece. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
commissioned endnotes, bedroom candlestick, fiery mist, hooded woman Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Griffin, Martin Fraser, Lucy Fraser, John Kirkby, Odd Girl, Miss Bule, Double Room, Alfred Starling, Picture Room, Snargatestone Villa, Captain Standfast, Corner Room, Jack Governor, Nab-end Farm, Nathan Huntroyd, The Holmes, Commander of the Faithful, Ghost of the Ague, Honourable East India Company, John Herschel, Lieutenant Lamb, Mary Seaton, Miss Pipson, South America New!
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Under none of the accredited ghostly circumstances, and environed by none of the conventional ghostly surroundings, did I first make acquaintance with the house which is the subject of this Christmas piece. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
commissioned endnotes, bedroom candlestick, fiery mist, hooded woman Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Griffin, Martin Fraser, Lucy Fraser, John Kirkby, Odd Girl, Miss Bule, Double Room, Alfred Starling, Picture Room, Snargatestone Villa, Captain Standfast, Corner Room, Jack Governor, Nab-end Farm, Nathan Huntroyd, The Holmes, Commander of the Faithful, Ghost of the Ague, Honourable East India Company, John Herschel, Lieutenant Lamb, Mary Seaton, Miss Pipson, South America New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Haunted House (Hesperus Classics) by Charles Dickens on 7 pages
- Charles Dickens by John Forster on 4 pages
- A Christmas Carol (Bantam Classic) by Charles Dickens on 4 pages
- Great Expectations (New Oxford Illustrated Dickens) by Charles Dickens in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
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- Unequal Partners: Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and Victorian Authorship by Lillian Nayder on 6 pages
- Who's Who in Dickens by Donald Hawes on 6 pages
- Social Dreaming: Dickens and the Fairy Tale (Studies in Major Literary Authors, 16) by Elaine Ostry on 4 pages
- The Victorian Supernatural (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture) by Nicola Bown on 4 pages
- Culture and Science in the Nineteenth-Century Media (The Nineteenth Century Series) by Louise Henson on page 119, page 121, and page 123
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