the stories themselves A Christmas Carol THE Christmas ghost story! A Confession Found in a Prison in the Time of Charles the Second an excerpt from Master Humphrey's Clock. A Madman's Manuscript "Yes! -- a madman's!" chapter 6 of The Pickwick Papers Nurse's Stories a collection of horrific vignettes chapter 15 of The Uncommercial Traveller The Baron of Grogzwig an excerpt from Chapter 6 of Nicholas Nickleby which has taken on a life of its own as a separate ghost story.   The Chimes a goblin story of some bells that rang an old year out and a new year in The Ghost in the Bridal Chamber  or The Hanged Man's Bride. chapter 4 of The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices The Haunted House turns out to be haunted by .............. The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain another Christmas ghost story The Signal-Man Dickens' classic ghost story  The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton the proto-type short story for A Christmas Carol The Trial For Murder aka To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt now this is a creepy one. compare with Martin's Close by M.R. James

related Dickens internet links Charles Dickens 1812-1870 the webpage on our Walk Awile website. with links to e-texts of many of Dickens' writings, plus a recording of Ashley Hutchings reading from: A Christmas Tree Charles Dickens - Gad's Hill Place excellent website that provides a valuable overview of his life and work plus the largest collection of Dickens quotes on the web Illustrations From Dickens' Novels  evocative drawings from several of Dickens' novels including A Christmas Carol and The Haunted Man

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