The Haunted House -- Charles Dickens

On Christmas Eve, a party of friends descends on a purportedly haunted country retreat, charged with the task of discovering evidence of the supernatural. Sequestered in their rooms for the holiday, the friends reconvene on Twelfth Night at a great feast and share their stories of spectral encounter. "Conducted" by Charles Dickens and counting Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins among its contributors, <i>The Haunted House</i> examines quintessentially Victorian themes-sex and longing, nostalgia and loss-in ways that continue to resonate today. Ingeniously conceived and written, and spiked with flashes of Dickensian humor, this volume is a strange and sheer delight.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Charles Dickens<br><b>Publisher:</b> Random House Publishing Group<br><b>Published:</b> 10/12/2004<br><b>Pages:</b> 160<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.28lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.06h x 5.24w x 0.38d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780812973068<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>WESLEY STACE is the author of the novel <i>Misfortune</i>. Under the name John Wesley Harding, he has recorded more than a dozen albums, most recently <i>Adam's Apple</i>. He lives in Brooklyn.</p>