Selected Short Fiction

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ISBN9780140431032
AuthorsCharles Dickens
PublisherPenguin Books Ltd
FormatPaperback
Number of pages432
Weight (kg)0.320
Publishing Date25/03/1976
Price (excl. tax)€13.92
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Price (incl. tax)€14.75
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This witty and amusing collection of short pieces shows Dickens liberated from the more formal and sustained demands of the novel and experimenting with a diverse range of fictional techniques. In his tales of the supernatural, he creates frighteningly believable, spine-tingling stories of prophetic dreams and visions, as well as more fantastical adventures with goblins and apparitions. Impressionistic sketches combine imaginatively heightened travel journals with wry observations of home and abroad, while in his dramatic monologues, Dickens demonstrates his talent for exploring the secret workings of the human mind. These short works display Dickens''s exuberant sense of comedy and character as his imagination is given free rein.