A collection of Victorian ghost stories by Charles Dickens and others like M.R. James, featuring eerie hauntings, supernatural apparitions, and psychological chills.
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A collection of Victorian ghost stories by Charles Dickens and others like M.R. James, featuring eerie hauntings, supernatural apparitions, and psychological chills.
Judge's house / Bram Stoker --
Upper berth / F. Marion Crawford --
Narrative of the Ghost of a hand / J. Sheridan Le Fanu --
To be taken with a grain of salt / Charles Dickens --
Tell-tale heart / Edgar Allan Poe --
Gabriel-Ernest / Saki --
Furnished room / O. Henry --
My own true ghost story / Rudyard Kipling --
Lost hearts / M.R. James --
Called / P.C. Wren --
Who knows? / Guy de Maupassant --
When I was dead / Vincent O'Sullivan --
Face / E.F. Benson --
Open window / Saki.
will contain mild spoilers
No sexual content depicted
Recurring supernatural deaths and hauntings with implied violence, such as ghostly attacks and accidents; mild atmospheric horror without graphic gore
No profanity present
Brief mentions of alcohol in social settings; not central or glamorized
No LGBTQIA+ representation
Fleeting references to clergy, abbeys, and Christian holidays in ghost story contexts
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Recurring ghostly summonings and apparitions framed as occult phenomena; includes rituals like whistling to call spirits
Subtle Victorian social commentary on class and isolation in some tales
Implied suicides in backstories of hauntings; not depicted on-page
Brief mentions of cruelty in ghostly backstories, such as hangings or isolation
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