Cuentos de lo sobrenatural

by Charles Dickens, Carlos Puerto (Illustrator)

Borges sospechaba que una parte de su fama se debía al hecho de «haber ordenado en el dialecto de nuestro tiempo las cinco o seis metáforas». Dickens suponía que los fantasmas pertenecen a dos o tres familias y realizan dos o tres cosas más o menos típicas de su condición. Y, sin embargo, en los seis cuentos que arman este

192 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1992

About the author

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.

Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.

Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted, and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris, is his best-known work of historical fiction. Dickens's creative genius has been praised by fellow writers—from Leo Tolstoy to George Orwell and G. K. Chesterton—for its realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterisations, and social criticism. On the other hand, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf complained of a lack of psychological depth, loose writing, and a vein of saccharine sentimentalism. The term Dickensian is used to describe something that is reminiscent of Dickens and his writings, such as poor social conditions or comically repulsive characters.

On 8 June 1870, Dickens suffered another stroke at his home after a full day's work on Edwin Drood. He never regained consciousness, and the next day he died at Gad's Hill Place. Contrary to his wish to be buried at Rochester Cathedral "in an inexpensive, unostentatious, and strictly private manner," he was laid to rest in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. A printed epitaph circulated at the time of the funeral reads: "To the Memory of Charles Dickens (England's most popular author) who died at his residence, Higham, near Rochester, Kent, 9 June 1870, aged 58 years. He was a sympathiser with the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed; and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world." His last words were: "On the ground", in response to his sister-in-law Georgina's request that he lie down.

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Olethros · Rating 3 out of 5]

-Un verdadero profesional.-

Género. Relatos.

Lo que nos cuenta. El libro Cuentos de lo sobrenatural es una recopilación de seis trabajos de Dickens, bastante conocidos todos ellos, que juegan en su trama con lo que es “fantástico” y “sobrenatural” para llevarnos, en varias ocasiones pero no siempre, a darnos cuenta de que no lo es tanto en realidad.

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[Abigail Escobar · Rating 4 out of 5]

No es un secreto que Dickens es uno de mis autores favoritos, es decir imaginen a este hombre escribiendo en plena época Victoriana...
En esta ocasión "Cuentos de lo sobrenatural" nos presenta seis relatos cortos fantásticos, a lo que me refiero es que literal son fantasía, esta vez no nos topamos con la critica social de la época o escenarios que describirían perfectamente esta, si bien podemos descubrir a un autor más obscuro , jugando con el genero de misterio pero sin duda con la misma esencia, personajes y situaciones coherentes, historias entretenidas pero que como tal no provocan terror, a excepción de la ultima y sin duda mi favorita de las seis "El guardavía"; Hay una riqueza en el poder leer a un autor antiguo, es una manera de vivir el pasado, de mirar con sus ojos, por esto en lo personal mi lectura ha sido perfecta, y es que ademas esas introducciones antes de empezar cada relato me ayudaron a conocer mas a Dickens, por ejemplo el saber que sufrió un accidente ferroviario al estilo "Final Destination, es vida.
Finalmente debo mencionar que tal vez el libro como tal no sea entrañable como sus clásicos pero si reconoces el valor de la historia , el pasado y la nostalgia, bueno es una lectura que cumple ademas demasiado digerible para pasar un buen rato.

[Estrella · Rating 4 out of 5]

He disfrutado muchísimo de los relatos, siendo mi favorito el de la confesión y el guardavías

[Marcos Maganto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Colección de cuentos de Dickens de temática fantasmagórica y sobrenatural. Edición muy cuidada, antes de cada relato hay una introducción sobre el mismo: fecha, temática, contexto en la vida del autor... Al final también hay un apéndice con la vida y obra de Dickens y la época victoriana en la que vivió.

Me han gustado especialmente "El barón de Grogzwig" y "Confesión encontrada en una cárcel en la época de Carlos II".