New!Websites for Authors
Tertulia Logo
New!Websites for Authors
The co-op bookstore for avid readers
Book Cover for: Mugby Junction: "Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.", Charles Dickens

Mugby Junction: "Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood."

Charles Dickens

Paperback
Regular price$10.24With free membership trial$5.1250% off your first book+ Free shipping
In Stock– Ships within one business day

Do you recommend this book?

Yes!

No

Charles Dickens' Mugby Junction is a compilation of short stories whose events happen mostly round a Victorian railway station. The work was written in 1866 and originally published in its entirety in the All The Year Round magazine. The most famous short story included in the volume is "The Signalman." The latter is the story of a railway signalman who works in a somehow isolated cutting and who is regularly visited by the narrator of the story. On more than one occasion, the couple sit and chat when the signalman eventually decides to reveal his secret and speak to his visitor about his job's hardships and mainly about a strange apparition that keeps on haunting the area. Following every visit by the ghost, he explains that there must happen a catastrophe in the region. The narrator, who does not seem to believe in such supernatural apparitions and who suspects the signalman of some psychological troubles, comes to go through the same experience himself. Other short stories in the compilation also follow events happening round train stations. They include "Barbox Brothers," "Barbox Brothers and Co," and "The Boy at Mugby."

Book Details

  • Publisher: Word to the Wise
  • Publish Date: Dec 24th, 2013
  • Pages: 44
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.09in - 0.16lb
  • EAN: 9781780006352
  • Categories: • Short Stories (single author)• Classics• Literary

What people are saying

Mentioner image for: EWKco
EWKco
@ewkingco
5 years

30+ years in PR, Media & Communications. Personal Page. Sharing interesting industry news & views. Only reps myself.

🎉Happy Birthday Charles Dickens🎉 “Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.” #CharlesDickens #dickens #Literature #books #history https://t.co/j2bUsp7TNX

twitter.com
Mentioner image for: 🪩MiMiCi
🪩MiMiCi
@MiMiCi_
2 years

Mojo Jojo. Outer Space. Cats in Outer Space. Disco. Disco Cats. Top-shelf strange. Probably staring into the middle distance right now.

@HomoSatanis I had to read so much Charles Dickens while in high school but only this line has stuck with me over the decades: “Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.” Sending you so much love as you process this loss.

twitter.com

What people are saying

Mentioner image for: EWKco
EWKco
@ewkingco
5 years

30+ years in PR, Media & Communications. Personal Page. Sharing interesting industry news & views. Only reps myself.

🎉Happy Birthday Charles Dickens🎉 “Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.” #CharlesDickens #dickens #Literature #books #history https://t.co/j2bUsp7TNX

twitter.com
Mentioner image for: 🪩MiMiCi
🪩MiMiCi
@MiMiCi_
2 years

Mojo Jojo. Outer Space. Cats in Outer Space. Disco. Disco Cats. Top-shelf strange. Probably staring into the middle distance right now.

@HomoSatanis I had to read so much Charles Dickens while in high school but only this line has stuck with me over the decades: “Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.” Sending you so much love as you process this loss.

twitter.com
See more