The stories in this book, originally published as a double number of Dickens' 'All Year Round'-magazine, come from the likes of Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Adelaide Anne Procter, George Sala and Hesba Stretton. Included are 'The Mortals in the House', 'The Ghost in the Clock Room', 'The Ghost in the Double Room', 'The Ghost in the Picture Room', 'The Ghost in the Cupboard Room', 'The Ghost in Master H.'s Room', 'The Ghost in the Garden Room' and 'The Ghost in the Corner Room.'
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The Haunted House
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Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) began his literary career writing articles and short stories for Dickens' periodicals. He published a biography of his father and a number of plays, but his reputation rests on his novels. Collins is well known for his mystery, suspense, and crime writings. He is best known for his novels in the emerging genres of Sensation and Detective fiction.
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and grew up in poverty. This experience influenced ‘Oliver Twist’, the second of his fourteen major novels, which first appeared in 1837. When he died in 1870, he was buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey as an indication of his huge popularity as a novelist, which endures to this day.
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Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865) was a British novelist and short-story writer. Her works were Victorian social histories across many strata of society. Her most famous works include Mary Barton, Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters.
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