{"product_id":"complete-ghost-stories","title":"Complete Ghost Stories","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens’ lifetime.  He had always loved a good ghost story himself, particularly at Christmas time, and was open-minded, willing to accept, and indeed put to the test, the existence of spirits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis natural inclinations toward drama and the macabre made him a brilliant teller of ghost tales, and in the twenty stories presented here, which include his celebrated A Christmas Carol, the full range of his gothic talents can be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eChilling as some of these stories are, Dickens has managed to inject characteristically grotesque comedy as he writes  of revenge, insanity, pre-cognition and dream visions, he indulges also in some debunking of contemporary credulity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57490216616309,"sku":"9781853267345","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781853267345.jpg?v=1786442101","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/complete-ghost-stories","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}