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    <body><![CDATA[One of Dickens’ Christmas annuals, I actually felt rather bad for the guy while reading this. As <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Wesley Stace" title=" Wesley Stace"> Wesley Stace</a> explains in the introduction, Dickens gave the writers he assembled to pen the special—including <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Elizabeth Gaskell" title=" Elizabeth Gaskell"> Elizabeth Gaskell</a> and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Wilkie Collins" title=" Wilkie Collins"> Wilkie Collins</a>—very specific instructions for what he wanted a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24203165">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A frame story places a group of characters alone in a house reputed to be haunted, and then lets various Victorian authors write the story of each room. It has a foreword by Wesley Stace, a.k.a. musician John Wesley Harding, with lots of interesting information. (For instance, as originally publishe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18846767">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Compiled by Charles Dickens, and counting Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins among its contributors, this rediscovered work is an ingenious collaborative tale of the supernatural with indelible touches of pure Dickensian comedy. When the narrator spies a deserted house from his railway carriage, he determines to take up residence. But local legend has it that this is a haunted house, and no servant will dare enter employment. Refusing to be thwarted, he instead invites a number of acquaintances to join him, commissioning each with the task of routing out any supernatural inhabitants. As they gather together on twelfth night, each recounts his version of the ghostly activities.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was really good, I enjoyed it quite a bit.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[On Christmas Eve, a party of friends descends on a purportedly haunted country retreat, charged with the task of discovering evidence of the supernatural. Sequestered in their rooms for the holiday, the friends reconvene on Twelfth Night at a great feast and share their stories of spectral encounter. “Conducted” by Charles Dickens and counting Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins among its contributors, <em>The Haunted House</em> examines quintessentially Victorian themes–sex and longing, nostalgia and loss–in ways that continue to resonate today. Ingeniously conceived and written, and spiked with flashes of Dickensian humor, this volume is a strange and sheer delight.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you're waiting on my every review - you'll know I don't really like short story collections.  This caught my eye because the title, and, well, the length (have to get through 100 books this year, yo).  I didn't realize it was a collection of short stories and that the stories are really about a h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28494043">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is *actually* infused with humor, though I bet a lot of people miss it.  I laughed out loud while reading this last December (it's perfect for dreary weather!)-- a playful and varied interpretation of gothic lit.]]></body>
    
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