The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
About this book
In this story, Dickens narrates the hair-raising experiences of a professor. As the protagonist dwells on his past sorrows and mistakes, a phantom visits him. It offers him a bizarre escape from painful recollections of yesteryear by offering to eradicate his memory. On seeing the professor turn into a man devoid of emotions, the reader realizes how empty one becomes without a past.
Subjects
- christmas stories
- english christmas stories
- english wit and humor
- fiction
- fiction, fantasy, general
- fiction, general
- fiction, historical, general
- fiction, horror
- ghost stories
- historische fictie
- kerstverhaal
- social life and customs