About this book
Charles Dickens's The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain is a hauntingly humane tale that blends Victorian moral drama with eerie supernatural suspense. Set among the college halls and humble shopfronts of 1848 England, it follows Professor Redlaw, a chemistry teacher tormented by past sorrow, who is visited by a spectral double offering the chance to forget every grief and wrong. Redlaw accepts—and learns that erasing memory carries unintended, contagious consequences that ripple through his friends and neighbors.
As the last of Dickens's Christmas novellas, this work sits at the crossroads of fiction and horror, rich with Gothic atmosphere yet shot through with the author’s trademark warmth and comic invention. Dickens populates the story with lively archetypes—the bumbling Swidgers and the industrious Tetterby family—while exploring big themes of memory, mercy, and the social bonds that shape human compassion. The narrative reflects Victorian concerns about sentimentality, charity, and the moral cost of escaping pain.
Ideal for lovers of classic ghost stories, Dickensian fiction, and atmospheric holiday listening, this audiobook rewards listeners who enjoy moral fable wrapped in spectral mystery and period charm.
