A House to Let
by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter
- First published
- 1858
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"A House to Let" by Dickens, Collins, Gaskell, and Procter is a collaborative novella published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Household Words magazine. An elderly woman named Sophonisba becomes intrigued by mysterious signs of life in a supposedly empty, dilapidated house across from her own. She enlists her admirer Jabez Jarber and her servant Trottle to investigate what secrets lie within. Each author contributed different chapters to unravel the enigma of the abandoned dwelling.
- English fiction
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #2324. A House to Let on Wikipedia.
