The Signalman | A Ghost Story by Charles Dickens | A Bitesized Audiobook

One of the most celebrated of all Victorian ghost stories, written by one of the greatest nineteenth century English novelists, Charles Dickens (1812–1870). A lonely signal-man in his box is haunted by a mysterious figure who appears by the danger light at the mouth of a railway tunnel. It seems to be warning him of impending disaster, but the message is frustratingly unclear... Narrated/performed by Simon Stanhope, aka Bitesized Audio. If you enjoy this content and would like to help me keep creating, there are a few ways you can support me: * Occasional/one-off support via Buy Me a Coffee: * Monthly support on Patreon: * Visit my Bandcamp page to hear more of my performances of classic stories, and you can purchase and download high quality audio files to listen offline: * Become a Bitesized Audio Classics member on YouTube, from $1 per month with various benefits: Chapters/Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:20 The story begins 00:38:12 Credits, thanks and further listening Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812–1870), one of the most famous and celebrated novelists of the Victorian era, created some of the most memorable characters in world literature. He completed 14 full-length novels, including ’Oliver Twist’, ’Great Expectations’, ’Bleak House’, ’Little Dorrit’ and the semi-autobiographical ’David Copperfield’, five novellas (including ’A Christmas Carol’) and hundreds of short stories and essays. Much of his work is notable for biting social commentary on the plight of the poor, and sharp satire lampooning the rich and powerful. ’The Signalman’ was first published in the 1866 Christmas edition of Dickens’ own periodical ’All the Year Round’, as part of the famous ’Mugby Junction’ collection of railways stories by Dickens and a select number of collaborators, including Amelia B. Edwards and Hesba Stratton. Incidentally, Dickens had survived the Staplehurst rail crash of the previous year, and the experience took a toll on him which affected his health in the last few years of his life. Whether this inspired the story of the Signalman can only be conjectured, but he certainly showed a fascination for railway disasters in several stories - for example in his 1848 novel Dombey and Son. Recording © Bitesized Audio 2019.