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Collects short stories of weird supernatural occurrences, the horrifying appearances of ghosts, and men haunted by strange spirits

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1 author picked The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

We all think we know "A Christmas Carol" but after the Muppet version, I find myself thinking of it as simply comical.

Until I re-read it, I forget just how chilling the ghosts who visit Scrooge are. And I love "Captain Murderer," Dickens’ account of how his nursemaid terrified him with scary tales, because it takes me back to my own childhood love of terrors.

Then there are stories like "The Signalman," which is not at all funny, darkened with the signalman’s dreadful loneliness and apprehension.

Dickens was a Master. Even his humorous ghost stories have an edge of fear.

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