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"Mugby Junction" by Charles Dickens. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

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Since its U.S. launch in 2003, Hesperus Press has enjoyed a growing reputation for its inspired publishing program of short classic works. Written by illustrious authors, and often unjustly neglected or simply little known in the English-speaking world, these works have been made accessible via a completely fresh editorial approach and new translations.

In addition to the Hesperus Classics, Hesperus Press recently introduced two new series: Modern Voices, drawing from the very best of 20th-century literature, and Hesperus Contemporary, showcasing the work of leading contemporary writers.

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Arguably one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens is the author of such literary masterpieces as A Tale of Two Cities (1859), A Christmas Carol (1843), David Copperfield (1850), and The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1839), among many others. Dickens s indelible characters and timeless stories continue to resonate with readers around the world more than 130 years after his death. Dickens was born in 1812 and died in 1870. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B081TH4LSB
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Good Press (November 21, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 21, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2316 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 91 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1546822615

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Cassandra

A short, little gem...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 4, 2014

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This is a sweet short story about a man worn out from a life of running a business that was passed on to him and that he never cared to run. Finally breaking free from that heavy chain, he discovers afresh the beauty and goodness of life. Throughout the story he struggles with self-condemnatory thoughts, and it is only through being drawn out of himself to help the people around him that he rises above his low self-image and comes to experience the joy, beauty, and value of self-giving love.

I don't know anything of the background of this story or at which period of his writing career that Dickens wrote it, but it did not seem to have, I'm going to say, as "Dickensy" a flavor as his other works I've read. A Dickens fan, I think, would definitely still be able to pick out certain turns of phrase, themes, ideas, or literary ploys that are characteristic of Dickens, but on the whole, it seemed to be lacking something of the Dickens I am familiar with. Perhaps that is only because this is a short story, and it is the first of his short stories that I have read. Overall, it was an enjoyable short read and I definitely recommend it.

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8 short stories about railroads - and mixed feelings about technology

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 30, 2023

In the Christmas 1866 edition of his weekly magazine “All the Year Round,” Charles Dickens published eight short stories centered on a theme – railroads. Specifically, the railroad theme was loosely entitled “Mugby Junction,” a fictitious rail junction in England where several routes crisscrossed.

If the 19th century, and specifically 19th century Britain, had a symbol, it would have been the railroad. From 1826 to 1836, some 378 miles of track were completed. That had risen to 2,210 miles by 1844. By 1870, more than 16,000 miles of track had been opened, carrying 423 million passengers annually.

In Dickens’ lifetime, the railroad had grown from non-existent to a huge technological force, tying the country together, boosting the Industrial Revolution, propelling the growth of cities, and changing the lives of virtually everyone in the country. “Mugby Junction” was a symbol of that impact.

Dickens himself wrote four of the eight stories. In “Barbox Brothes,” a man detrains at the station, not quite sure why he’s doing so, since he bought a thru ticket to London. In “Barbox Brothers and Co.,” the man meets a little girl, who seems to know him far better than he knows her. In “Main Line: The Boy at Mugby,” the boy of the title works in the refreshment room, fully aware that it is likely just the opposite of what it advertises itself as. “No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman” takes something of a dark technological turn, with the signalman seeing a specter or ghost shortly before various rail tragedies.

Even though these stories by Dickens are clearly set in the 19th century, they oddly have a contemporary feel about them. The railroads have brought change, and with the change has come dislocation.

The four remaining stories all concern various branch lines.

In “No. 2 Branch Line: The Engine Driver” by Andrew Halliday, the engine driver explains how he has killed seven men and boys over the course of his career, all as a result of accidents. “No. 3 Branch Line: The Compensation House” by Charles Collins moves the Mugby Junction narrative away from the railroads and to a house being converted for use by the railroads – and a strange house it is. “No. 4 Branch Line: The Traveling Post Office” by Hesba Stretton concerns the theft of a diplomatic box, a crime that seems to be unexplainable (and is only resolved in distant Egypt). And “No. 5 Branch Line: The Engineer” by Amelia Edwards tells the story of two lifelong friends who fall out over a woman toying with them both, and how one seemingly returns from the dead to warn his friend.

“Mugby Junction” is an interesting mix of stories and genres – literary fiction, mystery, ghost story, and a mixture of all three. The stories are all about the railroad and what it had wrought in both society at large and individual lives in particular. And Dickens and his fellow writers saw the technology as a mixed blessing. Like all technologies, it had brought both good and bad.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 9, 2020

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I had a difficult time following the two stories in this book.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 2, 2015

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Great Item A+++++

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cairns

Railman.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 27, 2015

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I think that everyone has heard of Charles Dickens. This book is not entirely his own work, the last four chapters are from associates of his in one way or another. The first two chapters today would be greeted with raised eyebrows. In the first; our hero, Jackson, is in the room of a young woman, Phoebe, originally unchaperoned, and later returns with a gift for her. The second chapter features a girl, Polly, who declares herself to be lost, thus invoking Jackson to take her under his care. The humour starts to come through in the third,from where the book gets it's title. This one is a delicious concoction of the social mores of the time, and is said to have it's roots in the bad service Dickens received in the buffet on Rugby station. Very humorous indeed. The fourth chapter is a bonus; The Signalman, a ghostly tale, which instils horror even today. The other four chapters are not Dickens work., but follow the theme. All in all a very good read, written in the style of the time, and with a wipe clean cover. Dickens was a difficult man to understand at times; he did great work in bringing forward to more notice, the atrocious things that happened in those times, but he was also anti - Catholic: the observers of that religion had even worse treatment meted out to them than the established church. His castigation of John Rae, dismissing evidence in favour of friendship, and his strong allegiance to Robert Owen, were questionable. I suppose that no one is perfect. Recommended.

S Benton-Tarry

Lovely Ghost Story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 19, 2019

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I was not sure if the characters were ghosts.

The copy I received did not have The Signalman or anything else attached - I would reserve a review of that for a more specific occasion.

I did enjoy it though. A nice easy read and a smile or three when I was not sure if I had got the right end of the stick.

Let's remember that what we all 'see' in our mind's eye when reading a book is very individual to the reader.

One thing is sure that Mr D was right that at that time BR refreshment rooms left a lot to be desired!

M. Dowden

A Small Classic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 16, 2007

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First published in 1866, Dickens and friends produced a small classic in this book centring arond the train station at Mugby Junction. This book contains The Signalman, probably the greatest short ghost story ever written. Also amongst its pages are stories showing the gallows humour of people throwing themselves under trains, and my personal favourite, a story of what goes on in a train station cafe. I now know where the jokes about British Rail sandwiches originate from. I am always telling people that they must get this book it is really that good.

This book includes:-

Barbox Brothers - Charles Dickens
Barbox Brothers and Co. - Charles Dickens
The Boy at Mugby - Charles Dickens
The Signalman - Charles Dickens
The Engine-driver - Andrew Halliday
The Compensation House - Charles Collins
The Travelling Post Office - Hesba Stretton
The Engineer - Amelia Edwards

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Elginson

Worth it for the style

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 13, 2012

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I wasn't aware of this book until a recent television programme briefly discussed it and read an excerpt. A slim book for Dickens, it is in effect a collection of short stories: the opening sections by Dickens, the others by different authors asked by him to contribute. The quality of the writing is variable with the best still being by CD himself. What I enjoyed more than the storyline, which isn't hugely memorable, are the passages of wonderful description, the imagery and similies. Did anyone ever describe people's thoughts, motives and actions with more originality and style? The book may not be his masterpiece but the genius is certainly there.

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Might junction

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 30, 2018

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This is a simple read, the words can be slightly more difficult then some of the more modern stuff not his best work.

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