Sunday, March 21, 2021

Charles Dickens: Best Ghost Stories published by Wordsworth Classics: Book Review (Scripted)

Video version of an old post (as I explained about HERE)
For the original post, see:
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2012/02/charles-dickens-best-ghost-stories.html

Apologies for the abrupt ending.  The video camera I'm using automatically shuts off after 30 minutes, so sometimes I get cut off abruptly.  In this case, I was in the middle of trying to illustrate how long and wordy Dickens' preambles can be, and I was still reading the preamble when I got cut off.

The stories collected in this anthology are as follows:

1. The Queer Chair

2. A Madman’s Manuscript

3. The Goblins who Stole a Sexton

4. The Ghosts of the Mail

5. The Baron of Grogzwig

6. A Christmas Carol

7. The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain

8. To be Read at Dusk

9. The Ghost in the Bride’s Chamber

10. The Haunted House

11. Trial for Murder

12. The Signalman

Orwell's essay on Dickens:
https://orwell.ru/library/reviews/dickens/english/e_chd

Was Dickens Really Paid By The Word?
https://dickens.ucsc.edu/resources/faq/by-the-word.html

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