The Haunted House

Charles Dickens’ The Haunted House was published in 1859 for a weekly periodical. The story was written after the great success of A Christmas Carol. On Christmas Eve a group of friends arrive to a house which is probably haunted with the aim of discovering evidence of the supernatural. What will they find? Who will they meet? The text examines typically Victorian issues such as sex and desire, longing and loss that continue to resonate today.

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