Mysteries for Christmas - Boxed Set: 50+ Detective Tales, Ghost Stories and Eerie Suspense Thrillers

Charles Dickens · Robert Louis Stevenson · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · George MacDonald · Arthur Cheney Train · Arthur Conan Doyle · Algernon Blackwood · Thomas Hardy · John Kendrick Bangs · Agatha Christie · Hugh Walpole · Nathaniel Hawthorne · Grant Allen · Wilkie Collins · Saki · Fergus Hume · Marie Corelli · Edgar Wallace · J. M. Barrie · E. F. Benson · G. K. Chesterton · Jerome K. Jerome · M. R. James · Fred M. White · Sabine Baring-Gould · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · Nikolai Gogol · Louisa M. Alcott · Douglas O'Connor

Nov 2023 · DigiCat

About this ebook

DigiCat presents to you a unique collection of mysteries for the holidays. There is a suspense, wonder, humour, detective tales and ghost stories for your reading delight: Tarnhelm or, The Death of My Uncle Robert (Hugh Walpole) The Snow (Hugh Walpole) The Strange Visitation (Marie Corelli) The Night of Christmas Eve (Nikolai Gogol) The Mystery of Room Five (Fred M White) A Policeman's Business (Edgar Wallace) The Chopham Affair (Edgar Wallace) The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Flying Stars (G. K. Chesterton) Percival Bland's Proxy (R. Austin Freeman) A Christmas Capture (Fred M. White) McAllister's Christmas (Arthur Cheney Train) The Mystery of Room Five (Fred M White) A Policeman's Business (Edgar Wallace) Stuffing (Edgar Wallace) Mr Wray's Cash Box or, the Mask and the Mystery (Wilkie Collins) The Adventure of the Second Swag (Robert Barr) An Exciting Christmas Eve or, My Lecture on Dynamite (Arthur Conan Doyle) A Chaparral Christmas Gift (O. Henry) The Hole in the Wall (G. K. Chesterton) The Man in the Brown Suit (Agatha Christie) A Christmas Tragedy (Emmuska Orczy) The Thieves Who Couldn't Stop Sneezing (Thomas Hardy) The Silver Hatchet (Arthur Conan Doyle) What the Shepherd Saw: A Tale of Four Moonlight Nights (Thomas Hardy) Markheim (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Wolves of Cernogratz (Saki) Mustapha (Sabine Baring-Gould) The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (M.R. James) The Christmas Banquet (Nathaniel Hawthorne) The Haunted Man (Charles Dickens) Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions (Charles Dickens) The Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) The Ghost's Touch (Fergus Hume) Glámr (Sabine Baring-Gould) The Ghosts at Grantley (Leonard Kip) Ghosts and Family Legends (Catherine Crowe) The Ghost: A Christmas Story (William Douglas O'Connor) Thurlow's Christmas Story (John Kendrick Bangs) The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa (John Kendrick Bangs) The Abbot's Ghost; or Maurice Treherne's Temptation (Louisa M. Alcott) Old Applejoy's Ghost (Frank R. Stockton) Wolverden Tower (Grant Allen) Told After Supper (Jerome K. Jerome) The Box with the Iron Clamps (Florence Marryat) The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton (Charles Dickens) The Ghost of Christmas Eve (J. M. Barrie) The Dead Sexton (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu) Uncle Cornelius His Story (George MacDonald) The Grave by the Handpost (Thomas Hardy) Number Ninety (Bithia Mary Croker) At Chrighton Abbey (Mary Elizabeth Braddon) Between the Lights (E. F. Benson) Transition (Algernon Blackwood) The Kit-Bag (Algernon Blackwood)

About the author

Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was a literary genius whose novels and short stories have transcended time to remain classics. An English writer and social critic, he created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is often regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. 'Mysteries for Christmas - Boxed Set' is a collection that showcases Dickens's talent for the mysterious and the macabre, a lesser-known facet of an author famed for his ability to blend biting social commentary with vivid characterizations in works like 'Oliver Twist', 'A Christmas Carol', and 'David Copperfield'. Dickens's writing style is characterized by a combination of humor, sentimentality, and sharp observation of character and society. His stories often highlight the plights of the poor and the injustices of the class system. Despite the fact that 'Mysteries for Christmas' does not rank among his most well-known works, it echoes the thematic concerns and narrative flair evident in his celebrated novels. Dickens's influence is so enduring that his works have never gone out of print and they continue to be adapted for stage and screen, reflecting his profound impact on English literature and storytelling.