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The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

Charles Dickens, John Tenniel and others

  • 124 pages · about 2 hours
  • First published 1848
  • 238 editions
  • Free to read
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1 About this book

In this story, Dickens narrates the hair-raising experiences of a professor. As the protagonist dwells on his past sorrows and mistakes, a phantom visits him. It offers him a bizarre escape from painful recollections of yesteryear by offering to eradicate his memory. On seeing the professor turn into a man devoid of emotions, the reader realizes how empty one becomes without a past.

Good for readers who want: fantasy, horror, and a short read.

  • Fantasy
  • English wit and humor
  • Horror
  • Social life and customs
  • Christmas stories
  • Ghost stories

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3 About Charles Dickens

1812–1870

Charles John Huffam Dickens ( ; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today.

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