{"product_id":"9781853267345","title":"Complete Ghost Stories","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Dickens, Charles, Carabine, Dr Keith (University of Kent at Canterbury) \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic horror \u0026amp; ghost stories\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 February 1997 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Wordsworth Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 125 x 19 | 222g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cp\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 A Christmas Carol, the full range of his gothic talents can be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39941494735035,"sku":"9781853267345","price":3.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781853267345.jpg?v=1713559320","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9781853267345","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}