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Charles Dickens - The Signalman (New Read)

Author
Ed Parnell
Published
Tue 17 Jun 2025
Episode Link
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/charles-dickens-the-signalman-new-read--66505137

"The Signal-Man" is a horror mystery story by Charles Dickens, first published as part of the Mugby Junction collection in the 1866 Christmas edition of All the Year Round. The story is told from a fictional first-person perspective. The railway signal-man of the title tells the narrator of an apparition that has been haunting him. Each spectral appearance precedes a tragic event on the railway on which the signalman works.

I re-read this as I felt I could do it better than the previous post. Enjoy.

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