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The Haunted House

Charles Dickens & Hesba Stretton & George Augustus Sala & Adelaide Anne Procter & Wilkie Collins & Mrs. Gaskell

First published 1861
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Round robin story orchestrated by Charles Dickens, first published serially in 1859 in All the Year Round. The individual sections are titled:
  • "The Mortals in the House" (Charles Dickens)
  • "The Ghost in the Clock Room" (Hesba Stretton)
  • "The Ghost in the Double Room" (George Augustus Sala)
  • "The Ghost in the Picture Room" (Adelaide Anne Procter)
  • "The Ghost in the Cupboard Room" (Wilkie Collins)
  • "The Ghost in Master B's Room" (Charles Dickens)
  • "The Ghost in the Garden Room" (Elizabeth Gaskell)
  • "The Ghost in the Corner Room" (Charles Dickens)

The first two Dickens portions are sometimes excerpted under the same title.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1861 The Lamplighter's Story; Hunted Down; The Detective Police; and Other Nouvellettes T. B. Peterson Collection 177
November 2012 Cover The Haunted House of 1859 Weiser Books Chapbook |2
November 2019 Cover La casa infestata Black Dog Edizioni Chapbook |2
June 2020 Cover Supernatural Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Collection 153