Charles Dickens Archives - A Passion for Horror

“To be Taken with a Grain of Salt” was first published in the Christmas 1865 Extra edition of All the

The Black Veil by Charles Dickens

“The Black Veil” was first published in Sketches by Boz (1836). It’s not one of Dickens’ more popular stories but

Charles Dickens’ short story “A Child’s Dream of a Star” was first published in the April 6, 1850 issue of

In 1865 Dickens was involved in the Staplehurst Rail Crash and it is possible that the experience was the inspiration

Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed

When Scrooge awoke, it was so dark, that looking out of bed, he could scarcely distinguish the transparent window from

Awaking in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore, and sitting up in bed to get his thoughts together, Scrooge had

The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. When it came, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air

A Christmas Carol was first published by Chapman & Hall on 17th December 1843. It remains to this day one

Yes! and the bedpost was his own. The bed was his own, the room was his own. Best and happiest

A Christmas Carol is one of the most-loved Christmas ghost stories of all time. The version on this page is