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PublishedOn
2015-09-24
UPC
9781781255919
ISBN
9781781255919
EAN
9781781255919
Format
Trade Paperback (Uk), Paperback
Language
English
Author
Charles Dickens
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Genre
Crime, Thriller & Adventure
Topic
Crime, Thriller & Adventure

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On the 9th of June 1865, Charles Dickens was travelling aboard the Folkestone to London Boat Train with his mistress and her mother, when it derailed while crossing a viaduct near Staplehurst in Kent. The train plunged down a bank into a dry river bed, killing ten passengers, and badly wounding forty. Dickens was profoundly affected by the disaster, and a year later, he published The Signalman, a supremely atmospheric ghost story in which the narrator, while investigating a dank and lonely railway cutting, meets the signalman who works there. His new acquaintance appears to live under the shadow of an unbearable secret, haunted by an apparition whose appearance prefigures terrible rail accidents. Drawing on Dickens own experiences, and introduced by Simon Bradley, author of The Railways, The Signalman is both an important piece of rail history, and a sinister tale which will make you think twice next time you enter the quiet carriage.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
ISBN-10
1781255911
ISBN-13
9781781255919
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216458360

Product Key Features

Author
Charles Dickens
Format
Trade Paperback (Uk), Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Crime, Thriller & Adventure
Genre
Crime, Thriller & Adventure

Dimensions

Weight
54g
Height
150mm
Width
105mm

Additional Product Features

Place of Publication
London
Spine
7mm
Introduction by
Simon Bradley
Author Biography
Charles Dickens was born on 7th February 1812 in Portsmouth and grew up in London and Kent. His father was sent to a debtor's prison following financial difficulties and the young Dickens was sent temporarily to work in a boot blacking factory, until an inheritance allowed his return to school - however, he never forgot this formative experience. Dickens wrote many novels including A Tale of Two Cities, The Pickwick Papers, A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations. A leading celebrity of the Victorian Age, his short story The Signalman was likely based on a crash involving a train that Dickens was travelling on, with his mistress. Charles Dickens died in 1870. Simon Bradley is editor of the world famous Buildings of England series, founded by Nikolaus Pevsner, to which he has contributed a number of notable revised volumes. He started trainspotting at the age of eleven and his enthusiasm for railways has proved remarkably enduring. He is the author of St Pancras Station (Profile), and lives in London.
Date of Publication
24/09/2015
Edition Statement
Main
Country of Publication
United Kingdom

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