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The signalman

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In this atmospheric ghost story, the narrator, while investigating a dank and lonely railway cutting, meets the signalman who lives there. His new acquaintance appears to live under the shadow of an unbearable secret, haunted by an apparition whose appearance prefigures terrible rail accidents. Drawing on Charles Dickens’ own experiences, it is both an important piece of rail history, and a sinister tale which will make you think twice next time you enter the quiet carriage.

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Description

CHARLES DICKENS’S LAST GREAT GHOST STORY is also his most personal, inspired by a terrible accident on a train he himself was riding on. He revisited this haunting memory on the figure of a railway signalman, who hears bells ringing in his signal box when no one else does, sees a figure no one else can see… and who, following those ominous signs, always witnesses horrible incidents. ‘I am troubled, sir,’ he cries. ‘I am troubled!’ But what exactly is it that is troubling the signalman? … And what does it want?

Additional information

Weight 0.038 kg
Dimensions 14.8 × 10.6 × 0.3 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

42

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.8 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K