Dickens, Charles creator author. text enk Hertfordshire Wordsworth Editions Limited c1997 1997 monographic eng x, 273 pages ; 19 cm. "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 adult Charles Dickens. Lauron, Rodello General Education General Education : History Text in English Stories 9781853267345 [newsprint] University of Cebu-Banilad 260617 20260617152544.0