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The Story
Known and loved around the world for his vast and sprawling novels, Charles Dickens relished the opportunity to experiment with his shorter writings, investigating hitherto unexplored themes and engaging in uncharacteristic narrative techniques. This anthology presents some of the beloved storyteller's lesser-known works, focusing on tales that reflect his fascination with the supernatural as well as his impressionistic sketches and dramatic monologues.
The collection opens with "The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton," in which a gravedigger learns a lesson from mischievous spirits. Other ghostly tales include "The Baron of Grogzwig," "To Be Read at Dusk," and more. A selection of brief, atmospheric essays, most of them written for newspapers and magazines, recaptures vibrant scenes from Victorian London — its prisons, churches, schools, and street life — as well as episodes from the author's extensive travels. The book concludes with a series of dramatic monologues from Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions and other stories, all of them abounding in Dickens' distinctive wit and imaginative power.
The collection opens with "The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton," in which a gravedigger learns a lesson from mischievous spirits. Other ghostly tales include "The Baron of Grogzwig," "To Be Read at Dusk," and more. A selection of brief, atmospheric essays, most of them written for newspapers and magazines, recaptures vibrant scenes from Victorian London — its prisons, churches, schools, and street life — as well as episodes from the author's extensive travels. The book concludes with a series of dramatic monologues from Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions and other stories, all of them abounding in Dickens' distinctive wit and imaginative power.
Dover Original.
short-stories; fiction; classics; literary; selected shorts of charles dickens; victorian london; the story of the goblins who stole a sexton; atmospheric essays; dramatic monologues; london street life; 19th century london; dickens shorts; suspenseful; beauty; love; romance; page turner; engaging; lively; dramatic,The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton; The Baron of Grogzwig; A Confession Found in a Prison in the Time of Charles the Second; To Be Read at Dusk; Mugby Junction; No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman; The Election for Beadle; Seven Dials; Meditations in Monmouth Street; A Visit to Newgate; A Christmas Tree; A Flight; Our School; Lying Awake; The Boarding House; Nobody's Story; The Lamplighter; Hunted Down; The Uncommercial Traveller; His General Line of Business; Refreshments for Travellers; Travelling Abroad; City of London Churches; Shy Neighbourhoods; Dullborough Town; Nurse's Stories; Arcadian London; The Calais Night-Mail; Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions; To Be Taken Immediately; To Be Taken for Life; Mugby Junction; Main Line; The Boy at Mugby; George Silverman's ExplanationDescription
Known and loved around the world for his vast and sprawling novels, Charles Dickens relished the opportunity to experiment with his shorter writings, investigating hitherto unexplored themes and engaging in uncharacteristic narrative techniques. This anthology presents some of the beloved storyteller's lesser-known works, focusing on tales that reflect his fascination with the supernatural as well as his impressionistic sketches and dramatic monologues.
The collection opens with "The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton," in which a gravedigger learns a lesson from mischievous spirits. Other ghostly tales include "The Baron of Grogzwig," "To Be Read at Dusk," and more. A selection of brief, atmospheric essays, most of them written for newspapers and magazines, recaptures vibrant scenes from Victorian London — its prisons, churches, schools, and street life — as well as episodes from the author's extensive travels. The book concludes with a series of dramatic monologues from Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions and other stories, all of them abounding in Dickens' distinctive wit and imaginative power.
The collection opens with "The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton," in which a gravedigger learns a lesson from mischievous spirits. Other ghostly tales include "The Baron of Grogzwig," "To Be Read at Dusk," and more. A selection of brief, atmospheric essays, most of them written for newspapers and magazines, recaptures vibrant scenes from Victorian London — its prisons, churches, schools, and street life — as well as episodes from the author's extensive travels. The book concludes with a series of dramatic monologues from Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions and other stories, all of them abounding in Dickens' distinctive wit and imaginative power.
Dover Original.
short-stories; fiction; classics; literary; selected shorts of charles dickens; victorian london; the story of the goblins who stole a sexton; atmospheric essays; dramatic monologues; london street life; 19th century london; dickens shorts; suspenseful; beauty; love; romance; page turner; engaging; lively; dramatic,The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton; The Baron of Grogzwig; A Confession Found in a Prison in the Time of Charles the Second; To Be Read at Dusk; Mugby Junction; No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman; The Election for Beadle; Seven Dials; Meditations in Monmouth Street; A Visit to Newgate; A Christmas Tree; A Flight; Our School; Lying Awake; The Boarding House; Nobody's Story; The Lamplighter; Hunted Down; The Uncommercial Traveller; His General Line of Business; Refreshments for Travellers; Travelling Abroad; City of London Churches; Shy Neighbourhoods; Dullborough Town; Nurse's Stories; Arcadian London; The Calais Night-Mail; Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions; To Be Taken Immediately; To Be Taken for Life; Mugby Junction; Main Line; The Boy at Mugby; George Silverman's Explanation
