Download or read book The Haunting of Charles Dickens written by Lewis Buzbee and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meg Pickel's older brother, Orion, has disappeared. One night, she steals out to look for him, and makes two surprising discoveries: She stumbles upon a séance that she suspects involves Orion, and she meets the author Charles Dickens, also unable to sleep, and roaming the London streets. He is a customer of Meg's father, who owns a print shop, and a family friend. Mr. Dickens fears that the children of London aren't safe, and is trying to solve the mystery of so many disappearances. If he can, then perhaps he'll be able to write once again. With stunning black-and-white illustrations by Greg Ruth, here is a literary mystery that celebrates the power of books, and brings to life one of the world's best-loved authors.
Download or read book The Haunted House written by Charles Dickens and published by United Holdings Group. This book was released on 1869 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Haunting written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spine-chilling play by Hugh Janes, based on several original ghost stories by Charles Dickens. In an ancient, crumbling mansion, sheltering from the howling winds that tear across the surrounding desolate moorland, two men stumble across a dark and terrifying secret that will change both of their lives. When a young book dealer, David Filde, is employed by a former associate of his uncle to catalogue a private library, he finds an incredible array of rare and antiquated books. But as a series of strange and unexplained events conspires to keep Filde from his work, he realises that if he is to convince his sceptical employer that the mysterious phenomena he is experiencing are real, they must journey together to the very edge of terror, and beyond... The play offers rich material for amateur theatre companies or student groups who want to introduce their audiences to another side of Dickens'' work - and have them jump out of their seats at the same time. ''"The Haunting" revels in the old-fashioned power of simple theatrical tricks, and basks in the shrieks and gasps of an audience that is clearly part of the event''- "Scotsman" ''Great pace and terrific suspense... guaranteed to raise goosebumps''- "Maidenhead Advertiser" ''Gripping... and fascinating too''- "British Theatre Guide"
Download or read book The Haunted House written by Charles Dickens and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2022-05-12 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spooky house full of ghosts, a brother and sister as odd as the house itself, bizarre sounds and goings-on in the dark of the night. Who would want to live here? John and his sister Patty, that's who. The siblings boldly decide to live in the old manor house situated close to a railroad stop mid-way between Northern England and London. The house is dark and dreary, cold and full of rats and, of course, haunted. They invite a group of friends to come and occupy the house for three months just to 'see what happens.' Will they all survive their time there? These brilliant slightly sinister tales by Charles Dickens and a few other authors are all very different but each has its element of strangeness. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was a widely popular English author and social critic. Among his most famous novels are ‘Oliver Twist’, ‘A Christmas Carol’, and ‘Great Expectations’. Dickens is best known for his depictions of poor Victorian living conditions and his unforgettable characters, some compassionate and others grotesquely malicious. Dickens’ timeless tales are still as celebrated today as when they were written, and his literary style is so influential that the term Dickensian was coined to describe the literature he inspired. Many of Dickens’ novels have been adapted for movies and television, including the Academy Award-winning musical ‘Oliver’. 'A Christmas Carol' is well known worldwide and is a huge favourite movie for families to watch together at Christmas time. The most famous movie was from Disney in 2009 starring Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman and Colin Firth.
Download or read book The Haunted House written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interesting concept for an anthology of short stories, very unique! The introduction and setting of the Haunted House was creepy and funny, and created a vivid atmosphere for the stories, so that though they were extremely varied, they always hand an air of mystery, as well as a bridge between their widely differing genres and styles. The ending of the book fell a bit flat for me though, since the ghostly activity from the beginning of the book was never sufficiently resolved, and just seemed to vanish in the end without reason; instead, two couples got married and the author talked about the Bible. Maybe this made sense as a convention of literature at the time it was written, maybe to make it a happy ending or something, but at present, it threw an anticlimax at the end of a book that was really good and engaging in all other aspects. Aside from that, this book was highly entertaining and extremely memorable. The stories themselves are haunting and will stick with me for sometime to come! This is most definitely a book worth reading!
Download or read book The Haunted House by Charles Dickens Annotated written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Montague decides it's time science proved the existence of the supernatural and that Hill House, a mansion with a pretty haunted history, is the place to prove it. His experiment will only consist of the most rigorous science and indisputable evidence. Translation: he's going to live at Hill House for a summer Ghost Hunter-style and see what happens. Sounds legit, we guess.Dr. Montague sends a volley of letters in hopes of snatching up some lab rats--sorry, assistants; he refers to them as assistants. Only two people respond: socially repressed Eleanor Vance and emotional livewire Theodora. The current owner of Hill House convinces Dr. Montague to take her nephew, Luke, off her hands for a while. That makes four.Eleanor Vance goes to Hill House against her family's wishes, which requires a bit of grand theft auto on her part. She initially regrets coming to a place of such doom and gloom but perks up when Theodora arrives. The two become instant BFFs. Then they meet Dr. Montague and Luke, and, wouldn't you know, everyone gets along fabulously.During the first night of the epic slumber party, Dr. Montague informs his three assistants of Hill House's terrifically terrifying past. We are sad to admit that it lacks ghosts, ghouls, or curses from lands most ancient. There was a suicide, though, and some pneumonia, and plenty of family bickering over the good china.The four settle in over the next few days, and Hill House stretches its supernatural muscles. Strange happenings occur: bangs echo up and down the hallway, doors slam shut for no obvious reason, and messages appear across the hall walls. The House even goes all animal-rights activist and throws blood on Theodora's clothes.Eleanor seems particularly vulnerable to Hill House's ways. She experiences all the manifestations the others do--and a few special ones meant just for her. Although harrowing, the experiences excite and enthrall Eleanor, who feels her life has been wasted up until her time here. Her bond with the house strengthens.Enter Mrs. Montague and her faithful companion, Arthur, to solve the case. They aren't armed with PKE meters, proton packs, or ghost traps, but they brought a planchette and a belief in the supernatural. As Mrs. Montague performs her investigations, Eleanor's relationship with the others deteriorates, and Eleanor loses herself to Hill House.
Download or read book Charles Dickens written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Yuletide gathering in an eerie country retreat provides the backdrop for Dickens and his friends - including Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins - who take turns spinning supernatural yarns.
Download or read book The Haunted Man by Charles Dickens written by Charles Dickens and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Haunted Man is a novella by Charles Dickens first published in 1848. It is the fifth and last of Dickens's Christmas novellas. The story is more about the spirit of the holidays than about the holidays themselves, harking back to the first in the series, A Christmas Carol. The tale centres on a Professor Redlaw and those close to him. Plot - Redlaw is a teacher of chemistry who often broods over wrongs done him and grief from his past. He is haunted by a spirit, who is not so much a ghost as Redlaw's phantom twin and is "an awful likeness of himself...with his features, and his bright eyes, and his grizzled hair, and dressed in the gloomy shadow of his dress..." This spectre appears and proposes to Redlaw that he can allow him to "forget the sorrow, wrong, and trouble you have known...to cancel their remembrance..." Redlaw is hesitant at first, but finally agrees. As a consequence of the ghost's intervention, Redlaw is without memories of the painful incidents from his past. He experiences a universal anger that he cannot explain. His bitterness spreads to the Swidgers, the Tetterbys and his student. All become as wrathful as Redlaw himself. The only one who is able to avoid the bitterness is Milly. With this realization, the novel concludes with everyone back to normal and Redlaw, like Ebenezer Scrooge, a changed, more loving man. Now a whole person, Redlaw learns to be humble at Christmas.
Download or read book The Haunting written by Hugh Janes and published by NHB Modern Plays. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new spine-chilling work steeped in the history of classic Victorian tales of the supernatural, fresh off a successful tour.
Download or read book The Mystery of Charles Dickens written by A.N. Wilson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography A lively and insightful biographical celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his death. Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of the Eminent Victorians. Slight of build, with a frenzied, hyper-energetic personality, Dickens looked much older than his fifty-eight years when he died—an occasion marked by a crowded funeral at Westminster Abbey, despite his waking wishes for a small affair. Experiencing the worst and best of life during the Victorian Age, Dickens was not merely the conduit through whom some of the most beloved characters in literature came into the world. He was one of them. Filled with the twists, pathos, and unusual characters that sprang from this novelist’s extraordinary imagination, The Mystery of Charles Dickens looks back from the legendary writer’s death to recall the key events in his life. In doing so, he seeks to understand Dickens’ creative genius and enduring popularity. Following his life from cradle to grave, it becomes clear that Dickens’s fiction drew from his life—a fact he acknowledged. Like Oliver Twist, Dickens suffered a wretched childhood, then grew up to become not only a respectable gentleman but an artist of prodigious popularity. Dickens knew firsthand the poverty and pain his characters endured, including the scandal of a failed marriage. Going beyond standard narrative biography, A. N. Wilson brilliantly revisits the wellspring of Dickens’s vast and wild imagination, to reveal at long last why his novels captured the hearts of nineteenth century readers—and why they continue to resonate today. The Mystery of Charles Dickens is illustrated with 30 black-and-white images.
Download or read book The Haunted House by Charles Dickens written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is full of adventure and excitement. Enjoy the book
Download or read book The Haunted House written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-30 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Haunted House is a story published in 1859 for the weekly periodical 'All the Year Round'. It was "Conducted by Charles Dickens", with contributions from other writers. It is a portmanteau story, with Dickens writing the opening and closing stories, framing stories by Dickens himself and five other authors: The Mortals in the House (Charles Dickens); The Ghost in the Clock Room (Hesba Stretton); The Ghost in the Double Room (George Augustus Sala); The Ghost in the Picture Room (Adelaide Anne Procter); The Ghost in the Cupboard Room (Wilkie Collins); The Ghost in Master B's Room (Charles Dickens); The Ghost in the Garden Room (Elizabeth Gaskell); and, The Ghost in the Corner Room (Charles Dickens).
Download or read book The Victorian Supernatural written by Nicola Bown and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-02-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Download or read book To be Read at Dusk written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Haunted Man and the Ghost s Bargain the Original Classic written by Charles Dickens and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dread word, Ghost, recalls me. Everybody said he looked like a haunted man. The extent of my present claim for everybody is, that they were so far right. He did.
Download or read book The Haunted House Illustrated written by Charles Dickens and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-04-04 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Haunted House" is a story published in 1859 for the weekly periodical All the Year Round. It was "Conducted by Charles Dickens", with contributions from others. It is a "portmanteau" story, with Dickens writing the opening and closing stories, framing stories by Dickens himself and five other authors
Download or read book The Haunted Man in Large Print written by Charles Dickens and published by Quiet River Press. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dickens Christmas Books, in Large Print, Volume 5: The Haunted Man is the last and hardest-hitting in a series of five novels that Charles Dickens wrote for the Christmas season. This LARGE PRINT edition is designed in 14-point Century Schoolbook for easy reading and includes an original introduction. There's also a bonus story, The Poor Relation's Story, a hearthside tale that continues Dickens' exploration of the meaning of Christmas. The Haunted Man follows the tradition of Dickens' original Christmas novel, A Christmas Carol, spinning a ghost story that teaches its central character, Professor Redlaw, that the spiritual power of Christmas can overcome human suffering.