WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain cover

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

Chapter 1: THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST’S BARGAIN
Open in WeRead

Explore more books like this:

About This Book

A solitary, melancholy man tormented by painful recollections accepts a supernatural bargain that removes sorrowful memory. The change spreads to others, erasing grievances and past hurts and at first easing suffering but then dulling sympathy, moral feeling, and interpersonal warmth. The narrative follows the social and domestic repercussions of collective forgetfulness, showing how the loss of remembered pain leads to cruelty, emptiness, and unintended harms, and it moves toward a reversal that restores memory and affirms the role of sorrow in cultivating compassion. Episodes unfold in wintry, gothic-tinged scenes and a series of intimate vignettes.

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.

Title: The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

Author: Charles Dickens

Release date: September 1, 1996 [eBook #644]
Most recently updated: March 2, 2025

Language: English

Credits: David Price

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST'S BARGAIN ***

THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST’S BARGAIN