The Haunted House

Having moved into an abandoned haunted house, the narrator, undaunted by the warnings of the locals, invites a party of friends over, setting them the task of driving out the ghosts from the various rooms and reporting back on Twelfth Night. The resulting ghost stories form the basis of a thrilling narrative.For this work, commissioned for his periodical All the Year Round, Dickens enlisted some of the period's most famous writers, including Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins, to collaborate with him on this Victorian supernatural classic.

Contains: The Mortals in the House by Charles Dickens, The Ghost in the Clock Room by Heshb Stretton, The Ghost in the Double Room by George Augustus Sala, The Ghost in the Picture Room by Adelaide Anne Procter, The Ghost in the Cupboard Room by Wilkie Collins, The Ghost in Master B's Room by Charles Dickens, The Ghost in the Garden Room by Elizabeth Gaskell, The Ghost in the Corner Room by Charles Dickens

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Review

The Haunted House is of the utmost significance for anyone interested in exploring the genius of Charles Dickens. --Peter Ackroyd

About the Author

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victorian era. His works are notable for their wide array of distinctive characters, and their strong social commentary.