"The Cricket" — Tailpiece for "Chirp the Second" uncaptioned, unindexed thumbnail illustration by Luigi Rossi (95). 1912. 4 x 9.5 cm. Dickens's The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home, A and F Pears, 95. The Victorian Web.

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The Ghost and Mr. Dickens

Katie Bell states, “Charles Dickens always wanted to see a ghost, but he never quite managed it. In 1859, he wrote to his friend (and spiritualist), William Howitt, to inquire if he knew of any genuinely haunted houses that could be stayed in and surveyed for spirits, or “ghost-busted” in modern terminology. Here we see Dickens was one of the first paranormal investigators!…”

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From Bleak House to Birmingham: New Perspectives on Dickens at the 29th Annual Symposium

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