Charles Dickens Supernatural Short Stories

Charles Dickens is a much-loved author for his vast and important contributions to English literature. This collection brings together his supernatural short stories, some of which were included in his longer works, and others that originally featured in magazines, including 'The Bagman's Story' and 'To Be Read at Dusk,' among others.

Charles Dickens is a much-loved author for his vast and important contributions to English literature. This collection brings together his supernatural short stories, some of which were included in his longer works, and others that originally featured in magazines, including 'The Bagman's Story', 'The Ghost in the Bride's Chamber' and 'To Be Read at Dusk', among others. They are all fantastically gripping stories from one of the greatest writers of all-time. Essential collaborations with his acolytes Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell are also included.

Dr. Emily Bell (foreword) is a Dickens expert, editor and biographer. She was the first Communications Committee Chair of the international Dickens Society, and has published on Dickens, life writing and commemoration. Dr. Bell edited Dickens after Dickens for White Rose University Press, a volume of new research analysing Dickens's legacy in unconventional forms. She is a member of the board of the Oxford Dickens series, and is currently editing Dickens's later short fiction for this series. Dr. Bell also acts as editor for the Dickens Letters Project, and has a new biography of Dickens forthcoming.