This book is an outstanding selection of some of Charles Dickens?s (1812-1870) most captivating stories. The stories included in this selection are not only representative of Dickens?s range; they enable us to revise the conventional view of Dickens as a story writer. The volume features the magical Christmas stories such as ?The Child?s Story?, ?Nobody?s Story? and ?A Christmas Tree?; a selection of the master?s most gripping ghost stories, including ?The Haunted House?, ?The Signal-Man? and ?The Trial For Murder? and best of Dickens?s detective stories like ?The Detective Police?, ?Three Detective Anecdotes? and ?Hunted Down?. This book is , no doubt, a precious Victorian gift for the readers of modern English literature.