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Three Ghost Stories

by Charles Dickens

Reading level
Plain English
Price
Free

About the book

"Three Ghost Stories" by Charles Dickens is a collection of ghost stories published in 1866. The collection includes "The Trial for Murder," where a murdered victim's ghost haunts a jury foreman to ensure justice; "The Haunted House"; and "The Signal-Man." These supernatural tales explore themes of ambiguity, terror through obscurity, and critique of Victorian society. Dickens masterfully creates uncertainty about whether the paranormal events are real or imagined, leaving readers to question the reliability of his narrators and the nature of the spectral encounters they describe.

  • English fiction
  • Ghost stories

Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #1289. Three Ghost Stories on Wikipedia.

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