The Haunted House

<p><strong>Eight rooms. Eight authors. Eight chilling encounters with the spectral side of Victorian life.</strong></p><p>First published as the 1859 Christmas issue of Charles Dickens's popular periodical <em>All the Year Round</em> <em>The Haunted House</em> is a unique collaboration and a cornerstone of Victorian supernatural fiction.</p><p>The premise is simple: A group of skeptical friends takes over a dilapidated supposedly haunted manor. They divide the massive decaying house among them determined to wait for Christmas and write down every spectral encounter--or lack thereof--that befalls them.</p><p>This celebrated anthology features the finest writers of the era each contributing a distinct atmospheric and unforgettable story tied to a different room of the house:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Charles Dickens</strong> anchors the volume with the opening and closing narratives framing the experiment and penning the macabre tale of <em><strong>The Ghost in Master B's Room</strong></em> and the concluding <em><strong>The Ghost in the Corner Room.</strong></em></p></li><li><p><strong>Wilkie Collins</strong> delivers a mystery from <em><strong>The Ghost in the Cupboard Room.</strong></em></p></li><li><p><strong>Elizabeth Gaskell</strong> contributes the moving and unsettling account of <em><strong>The Ghost in the Garden Room.</strong></em></p></li><li><p>Stories by <strong>Hesba Stretton</strong> <strong>George Augustus Sala</strong> and <strong>Adelaide Anne Procter</strong> fill the remaining shadowy corridors.</p></li></ul><p>Blending skepticism and superstition mystery and morality <em>The Haunted House</em> is a fascinating glimpse into the Victorian obsession with ghosts. This edition is complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of Charles Dickens giving insight into the life and legacy of the author widely regarded as the greatest novelist of his age.</p><p><strong>Discover the secrets hidden within every shadowed corner of this classic Christmas ghost story.</strong></p>