Classic from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, language: English, abstract: To Be Read at Dusk One, two, three, four, five. There were five of them. Five couriers, sitting on a bench outside the convent on the summit of the Great St. Bernard in Switzerland, looking at the remote heights, stained by the setting sun as if a mighty quantity of red wine had been broached upon the mountain top, and had not yet had time to sink into the snow. ...] *** The Trial for Murder I have always noticed a prevalent want of courage, even among persons of...

Rich in drama and romance, this deftly plotted 1859 historical novel bristles with suspense and culminates in a daring prison escape in the shadow of the guillotine.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Many of the crime and detective stories of the Victorians, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Many of the earliest ghost stories and tales of hauntings, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Many of the earliest ghost stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Charles Dickens was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era is still very popular today, here are collected the very finest of his ghost stories. Some of the stories included are, 'The Signal Man', 'The Ghost Chamber' and 'The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain'.

1843 am Heiligen Abend im viktorianischen London: Für den grimmigen Geldverleiher Ebenezer Scrooge ist Weihnachten nicht mehr als verabscheuungswürdiger "Humbug"! Erst die Besuche seines verstorbenen Teilhabers Jacob Marley, sowie der Geister der vergangenen, gegenwärtigen und zukünftigen Weihnacht bewirken eine Wandlung. Scrooge beginnt, den wahren Sinn des Weihnachtsfestes zu erkennen ...§Der be

Contains a collection of Dickens' short stories, originally published between 1859 and 1866.