Charles Dickens

The Signalman by Charles Dickens was first published as part of Mugby Junction, the 1866 Christmas edition of All the Year Round. It was titled “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signal-Man.”

The Trial for Murder by Charles Dickens was written in 1865. It was originally published under the title “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt” as a chapter in Dr. Marigold’s Prescriptions in an extra Christmas volume of the weekly literary magazine, All the Year Round.

First published in 1850, Three Detective Anecdotes by Charles Dickens was an early example of the detective genre.

The Holly Tree by Charles Dickens was published in 1855. A traveler finds himself snowed in at The Holly Tree and entertains himself by recording the stories he hears from his fellow tenants

An Italian Dream by Charles Dickens is taken from his travelogue Pictures from Italy published in 1846.