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CLASSIC HORROR BLOG

Literary Essays on Classic Horror, Ghost Stories, & Weird Fiction

— from Mary Shelley to M. R. James —

by M. Grant Kellermeyer

Dec 14, 201911 min read

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: Inspirations, Interpretations, and a Literary Analysis

Arguably Dickens’ most famous work, “A Christmas Carol” packs a stunning archetypal power – a relatability without expiration date – that...

Dec 23, 201793 min read

E. T. A. Hoffmann's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse-King" (An English Translation)

Christmas Eve All day long on the twenty-fourth of December the children of Dr. Stahlbaum the public health officer were expressly...

Nov 20, 20147 min read

7 Best Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens (Not Including 'A Christmas Carol')

Dickens is widely renowned in popular culture as a writer of grade-A ghost stories. “Could you name some?” a person – not particularly...

Dec 23, 20138 min read

12 Classic Christmas Ghost Stories (That You Can Read Right Now)

"There'll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago.." Or so the carol tells us. To most Americans,...