{"product_id":"complete-ghost-stories-charles-dickens","title":"Complete Ghost Stories; Charles Dickens","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-excerpt trunc\" data-height=\"230\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-excerpt trunc\" data-height=\"230\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-excerpt trunc\" data-height=\"230\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-excerpt trunc\" data-height=\"230\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-excerpt trunc\" data-height=\"230\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content hb-content-book-detail\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content-text hb-content-text-book-detail\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInterest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens’ lifetime.  He had always loved a good ghost story himself, particularly at Christmas time, and was open-minded, willing to accept, and indeed put to the test, the existence of spirits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis natural inclinations toward drama and the macabre made him a brilliant teller of ghost tales, and in the twenty stories presented here, which include his celebrated\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e, the full range of his gothic talents can be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChilling as some of these stories are, Dickens has managed to inject characteristically grotesque comedy as he writes  of revenge, insanity, pre-cognition and dream visions, he indulges also in some debunking of contemporary credulity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStories include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Queer Chair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Madman’s Manuscript\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Goblins who Stole a Sexton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Ghosts of the Mail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Baron of Grogzwig\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo be Read at Dusk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Ghost in the Bride’s Chamber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Haunted House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Trial for Murder (to be taken with a grain of salt)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Signalman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChristmas Ghosts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Lawyer and the Ghost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFour Ghost Stories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Portrait-Painter’s Story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCaptain Murderer and the Devil’s Bargain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMr Testator’s Visitation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Child’s Dream of a Star\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWell-Authenticated Rappings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Secret Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32210640470086,"sku":"1823","price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/8921\/4278\/products\/CompleteGhostStories_CharlesDickens.jpg?v=1605697870","url":"https:\/\/www.thesecretbookstore.live\/products\/complete-ghost-stories-charles-dickens","provider":"The Secret Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}