01618nam a22002777a 4500 OSt 20260617152544.0 260617s19971997enk||||er|||| 000 0 eng d 9781853267345 [newsprint] University of Cebu-Banilad University of Cebu-Banilad Dickens, Charles, author. Best ghost stories / Charles Dickens. Hertfordshire : Wordsworth Editions Limited, c1997. x, 273 pages ; 19 cm. rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume "Interest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens’ lifetime. He had always loved a good ghost story himself, particularly at Christmas time, and was open-minded, willing to accept, and indeed put to the test, the existence of spirits. His natural inclinations toward drama and the macabre made him a brilliant teller of ghost tales, and in the twenty stories presented here, which include his celebrated A Christmas Carol, the full range of his gothic talents can be seen. Chilling as some of these stories are, Dickens has managed to inject characteristically grotesque comedy as he writes of revenge, insanity, pre-cognition and dream visions, he indulges also in some debunking of contemporary credulity." —Provided by the publisher Adult Lauron, Rodello General Education General Education : History Text in English Stories. ddc BK Leslie [new] 06/17/2026 15399 15399 0 0 ddc 0 0 UCBL_MAIN UCBL_MAIN SUBJ.REF 2026-06-17 0 823.912 D55 1997 3UCBL000013808 2026-06-17 2026-06-17 SR