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The days are getting colder, the nights are getting longer, and as Christmas approaches the time is high for some ghostly tales. As an exclusive gift for Audible members, settle down, snuggle up and listen to four chilling ghost stories, read by Simon Callow. Four great stories, one master storyteller - what could be simpler than that?

A Charles Dickens Christmas story about remembering the poor, forgotten, and overlooked once a year by the Christmas fire. This grand story sets up the bickering Big Wig family as a guide to the laboring Nobody family, led by a man named Legion, and nothing good comes of it. Legion's master discusses his losses in term of the poor and their habits and diseases. Legion points out it is one world: "What happens to us happens to you."

El gran novelista ingles Charles Dickens en pocas obras dio rienda suelta a su imaginacion creadora, sin caer en el sentimentalismo y con mucho de satira, como lo hizo en Grandes Esperanzas, su penultima novela y considerada por la critica como una de las mejores de su pluma.

Dickens fue un maestro de la narrativa y entre sus obras se destacan Las aventuras de Oliverio Twist, una novela de aventuras con trasfondo social, que cuenta la historia de un muchacho al que la vida ha destinado a ser delincuente pero que es salvado por su personalidad.

Etot znamenityy roman napisan vo vremya polnogo rascveta tvorcheskih sil Dikkensa i soedinyaet v sebe cherty svoystvennye kak rannemu periodu tvorchestva, proniknutogo neistoshchimym yumorom, dohodyashchim do bezuderzhnogo groteska, tak i pozdney pore ego raboty, v kotoroy usilivaetsya patetika i ozabochennost' obshchestvennymi problemami. V centre povestvovaniya glava znamenitoy torgovoy firmy mister Dombi, chelovek isklyuchitel'no nadmennyy, s cherstvym serdcem i holodnoy dushoy. Ispolnennyy soznaniem svoego prevoskhodstva, on so vsem ne zamechaet svoey docheri Florens, ibo ona ne predstavlyaet interesa dlya ego dela.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) musste früh lernen, auf eigenen Füßen zu stehen. Er war zwölf Jahre, als sein Vater wegen der unbeglichenen Schuld von 40 Pfund ins Schuldgefängnis eingeliefert wurde. Dickens wurde von der Familie getrennt und musste durch Arbeit in einer Fabrik selbst für seinen Unterhalt sorgen. In einem solchen Schuldgefängnis wird die Heldin dieses wohl düstersten Romans von Charles Dickens geboren, und sie wächst dort auch auf. Kann es Amy Dorrit gelingen, sich aus den Fesseln dieser Herkunft zu befreien, den fatalen Geruch von Armut und Hoffnungslosigkeit los zu werden?

Nikolas Nickleby, die Hauptfigur dieses um die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts spielenden sozialkritischen Romans, bleibt nach dem Tod seines Vaters mit seiner Mutter und Schwester verarmt zurück. Sie wenden sich in ihrer Not an den Bruder des Verstorbenen, Ralph Nickleby, der sich aber als tyrannischer, herzloser und egoistischer Onkel entpuppt. Er schickt Nikolas als Hilfslehrer in die Provinz, um ihn aus dem Weg zu haben, und Kate, Nikolas' Schwester, versucht er mit einem widerlichen Geschäftsfreund zu verkuppeln. Doch Nikolas nimmt den Kampf auf und führt ihn auch zu einem guten Ende.

Charles Dickens gilt als Begründer des sozialen Romans. Seine schöpferische Phantasie und der verständnisvolle Humor eines Moralisten haben eine Fülle unvergesslicher und eigenartiger Gestalten aus den unteren und mittleren Londoner Bevölkerungsschichten gezeichnet. Seine Bücher, in denen er allgemeine Missstände nicht anprangert, sondern durch realistische und glaubwürdige Schilderung offenkundig macht, gaben den Anstoß zu wirksamen sozialen Reformen.

Am Ende des ersten Bandes von Dickens' "Klein Dorrit" erbt der alte Dorrit, der fast sein ganzes Leben im Schuldgefängnis verbracht hat, gänzlich unvermutet ein beträchtliches Vermögen. Er schwimmt plötzlich in Geld (das Klein Dorrits Geschwister mit vollen Händen ausgeben). Ein wahrer Geldsegen, so scheint es. Aber wird wirklich Segen auf diesem Geld liegen?

Dickens wrote a number of short ghost stories or included sections in novels about ghosts. Here are three ghostly tales including "The Queer Client", "The Signalman" and "The Trial for Murder".

>"The Queer Client" is a desolate story about death and revenge. The tragedy of the story is that every character in the story dies or loses - or both. "The Queer Client" is a remarkable and powerful work about the grim realities of debtor's prison and the fertile ground for despair and revenge found therein. Read by an American voice, by listener request.

A Dickens Christmas story about charity, hope, and forgiveness, with a touch of remembrance and loss. This very mature story looks back throughout one's life, promises made, aspirations filled and unfilled, love gained and lost, and many other such touching moments in everyone's life. An American voice was used per listener request.

"The Lamplighter" is ironic and iconic Dickens. A story within a story about dreams of wealth, with Dickensian wit throughout. A treat for Dickens fans who have not heard this lovely story before. (American accent narration.)

A very short Dickens story relating our journey through life in 5 stages: being merry when very young, playing while a child, in love as a young adult, being busy in middle age with a family, and remembering in old age. Though sad throughout, Dickens has a flash of uplift at the end. A classic story for the Christmas season when one tends to do summing up during the holiday and the almost-new year. Another Dickens must-listen. Read by an American voice by listener request.

Filled with an array of comic characters, The Chimes tells the story of Toby Veck, a humble porter whose loses his faith in human nature at the hands of his presumed social superiors but regains it thanks to the spirits of the bells. Like its predecessor, it carries a heartfelt plea for charity and brotherhood and examines such distressing themes as suicide and infanticide as well as the question of whether the poor have any right to live at all.

"The Signal Man" is a magnificent, tightly focused ghost story. Dickens' charm pervades this mysterious and ominous tale. Various grim events occur but feel somewhat calm - not bloody or appalling, but enthralling and other worldly. Dickens invests the signal-man with education beyond his station. This adds to the credibility of the story as well as impressing the narrator. A must-listen for Dickens fans. An American voice at the request of our listeners.

Sixteen thrilling and chilling stories by some of the greatest writers of horror and the supernatural, including Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecraft, Charles Dickens, Ambrose Bierce, R.L.Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant and John Polidori, who is held to be the creator of the first vampire tale. An audio treat for Halloween or any other night when the moon is high, these stories are rich in imagination, humor, and characterization.

This story wonderfully combines a murder trial and apparitions - or more plainly, ghosts. It describes a moment in the life of a bored bank official who has an alarming experience. A great story, smoothly presented by the pen of Dickens. (American accent narration.)

Another wonderful Dickens short story combining spectral images with Christmas. Wonderful turns of phrase and digressions throughout. To name but one, “faithful obstructions”, for servants - in other words, easier to do it yourself if not for pride of position. Playful, fun, and illuminating. One of his less listened-to stories; well worth it for anyone, but especially for fans.

"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done...." With these words and a superb act of bravery and sacrifice, one of the most badly behaved heroes of all time ends Charles Dickens' great tale of the French Revolution. This is a firework display of a book, a crackling picture of the ravages and excesses of starving, furious men and the astonishing acts of heroism that usually accompany them.