Charles Dickens
21) Oliver Twist
22) Dombey and Son
These six supernatural tales, each recounted in its entirety, say as much about the morbid humor and fascination of the English people as they do about Dickens's own joy at spinning a good yarn.
"The Ghost Chamber" is the story of a wife's destruction and the love of a young man for an imprisoned girl.
"Mr. Testator's Visitation" portrays an eerie character who visits an impoverished, unhappy lawyer.
"A Child's Dream of a Star" is the sad
...24) The Signalman
31) A Christmas Tree
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is Charles Dickens's brilliant contribution to the field of crime and detection. In fact, the novel is even more of a mystery than Dickens himself intended, for he died before completing it, making it a favorite of literary detectives.
Against a background of opium dens, nocturnal graveyard visits, and moldering monastic crypts, Dickens weaves a tightly knit plot centered on the ominous disappearance of young
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