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003			OSt
005			20260617152544.0
008			260617s19971997enk||||er|||| 000 0 eng d
020			_a9781853267345 [newsprint]
040			_aUniversity of Cebu-Banilad _cUniversity of Cebu-Banilad
100			_aDickens, Charles, _eauthor.
245			_aBest ghost stories / _cCharles Dickens.
260			_aHertfordshire : _bWordsworth Editions Limited, _cc1997.
300			_ax, 273 pages ; _c19 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
520			_a"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
521			_aAdult
541			_xLauron, Rodello _yGeneral Education _zGeneral Education : History
546			_aText in English
650			_aStories.
942			_2ddc _cBK
998			_cLeslie [new] _d06/17/2026
999			_c15399 _d15399