Three Ghost Stories - Charles Dickens

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Résumé :
In ghost stories there is no path to escape. Charles was such a versatile writer that he could put life in such simplistic stories with his amazing wit. In the haunted house, a new homeowner discovers he is sharing his bed with the skeleton of the house's former master. In the trial for murder, a revengeful ghost haunts a juror serving at his killer trial. In the Signal-Man, An apparition warns a man of impending disaster.

Biographie:
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) war ein ber?hmter englischer Romancier und Sozialkritiker, der weithin als einer der gr??ten Schriftsteller des viktorianischen Zeitalters angesehen wird. Geboren in Portsmouth, England, hatte Dickens eine schwierige Kindheit, die von finanziellen Schwierigkeiten gepr?gt war, die sp?ter einen gro?en Teil seines Werkes beeinflussten. Dickens wurde mit seinen Fortsetzungsromanen ber?hmt und war bekannt f?r seine F?higkeit, Humor, scharfe soziale Beobachtungen und zutiefst menschliche Charaktere miteinander zu verbinden. Heute wird Dickens nicht nur f?r seine fesselnden Erz?hlungen gefeiert, sondern auch f?r seinen nachhaltigen Einfluss auf Literatur und Gesellschaft....

Sommaire:
English author and social commentator Charles Dickens lived from 7 February 1812 to 9 June 1870. He is credited with creating some of the most well-known fictional characters in history and is regarded by many as the best writer of the Victorian era. His books gained an extraordinary level of popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century, academics and critics had recognized his literary excellence. Many people read his novels and short story collections today. Dickens, a native of Portsmouth, quit school at the age of 12 to work at a factory that blackened boots while his father was imprisoned for debt. After three years, he returned to school before beginning his writing career as a journalist. Dickens spent 20 years editing a weekly journal, produced hundreds of short stories and non-fiction pieces, 15 novels, five novellas, numerous lectures, and readings, was a prolific letter writer, and actively promoted social reforms like education reform, children's rights, and other issues. Dickens' writing career took off with the serial publication of The Pickwick Papers in 1836, a publishing hit that inspired Pickwick products and spin-offs in large part due to the introduction of the character Sam Weller in the fourth episode....