The Haunted House, Charles Dickens et al
The Haunted House, Charles Dickens et al
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The Haunted House

Author: Charles Dickens et al

Narrator: Philip Bird

Unabridged: 4 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Matrix

Published: 06/25/2008

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

On Christmas Eve, a party of friends descends on a purportedly haunted country retreat, charged with the task of discovering evidence of the supernatural. Sequestered in their rooms for the holiday, the friends reconvene on Twelfth Night at a great feast and share their stories of spectral encounter. “The Mortals in the House” by Charles Dickens provides the framework for the tales, which include two more of his own stories. Counting Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins among its other contributors, The Haunted House examines quintessentially Victorian themes – sex and longing, nostalgia and loss – in ways that continue to resonate today. Ingeniously conceived and written, and spiked with flashes of Dickensian humor, this volume is a strange and sheer delight.

1: The Mortals in the House – Charles Dickens
2: The Ghost in the Clock Room – Hesba Stretton
3: The Ghost in the Double Room – George Augustus Sala
4: The Ghost in the Picture Room – Adelaide Anne Procter
5: The Ghost in the Cupboard Room – Wilkie Collins
6: The Ghost in Master B’s Room – Charles Dickens
7: The Ghost in the Garden Room – Elizabeth Gaskell
8: The Ghost in the Corner Room – Charles Dickens

Reviews

Goodreads review by Starjustin on December 28, 2017

Not so 'classic' Charles Dickens Sad to say, this was my first experience with reading Dickens. Might have been better to have read one of his more famous tales as he has, to this day, quite the reputation of being a great writer of the Victorian Era. This novella, compiled by him and edited by him,......more

Goodreads review by Banu on March 06, 2024

vallahi beni çok şaşırtan bir kitap oldu çünkü edgar allen poe tarzı, ne bileyim a christmas carol tarzı öyküler okuyacağımı sanırken bayağı psikolojik öyküler okudum. charles dickens’ın yayın yönetmeni olduğu all the year round dergisinin 1859 noel özel sayısı için kaleme alınan bu öyküler bence ça......more

Goodreads review by Diana on August 20, 2024

One of Dickens Christmas collaborations featuring Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, Adelaide Anne Proctor and two I am not familiar with Hesba Stretton a.k.a. Sarah Smith and George Sala. I have only read one other of these types of work which was A House to Let and that work seemed a bit......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on December 25, 2019

Charles Dickens is often credited with having “invented” Christmas as we know it. This claim might be exaggerated (as is argued here), but one can hardly contest the fact that his “Christmas novels” are a major contribution not only to the literature of this feast, but also to what might be termed i......more

Goodreads review by Esma on May 19, 2017

Yazarın kendi hayatından etkilenerek yazdığı öykü tarzında bir oturuşta okunabilecek hoş bir kitap. Klasik perili ev hikayelerinden ayrılan pek bir yönü yok ama yazarın kalemi kitabı okumak için iyi bir etken. Yine de kitap ne güzel ne kötü denebilecek orta kıvamda bir eser. :)......more