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The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
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A ghost offers a haunted scholar the chance to forget his past sorrows and wrongs, but the bargain brings unforeseen consequences for him and those around him. This Christmas novella by Charles Dickens will appeal to readers of Victorian fiction and supernatural tales.
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens 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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