“Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.” (Wikipedia)
Since readers seemed to appreciate my post about William Shakespeare, I decided to share a short post about another famous British writer, Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870). Unlike Shakespeare, hardly anybody challenges or questions whether Dickens is the true author of any of his works. He is known by almost everyone as the man who wrote “A Christmas Carol“. This novel is a literary masterpiece that has been adapted to film numerous times and has become part of the holiday tradition. Every Christmas people want to see those ghosts! The popularity of this original work has overshadowed the fact that it wasn’t the ONLY ghost story Charles Dickens ever wrote. Dickens had a fascination with supernatural phenomena and the existence of spirits or ghosts. Because of his avid interest, he wrote several ghost stories. Enough to have them compiled into one volume for your reading pleasure. That’s if you like a good ghost story!
Wordsworth Classics: “Complete Ghost Stories” by Charles Dickens
