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El hechizado & other stories
Historias Maravillosas # 23
Charles Dickens cuenta con una serie de cinco novelas cortas referentes a la Navidad. Las dos aquí mostradas son la quinta y la tercera, respectivamente. Las otras son 1. Cuento de Navidad (1843) y 2. Las campanas (1844), seguido por 4. La batalla de la vida (1846)
5. El hechizado y el trato con el fantasma
El Sr. Redlaw es un profesor de Química solitario, taciturno y pesimista que gusta de rumiar el daño que le hacen y las tribulaciones que ha sufrido.
Una noche se aparece a Redlaw un espíritu que en realidad no es sino su propio gemelo fantasmal, de «un espantoso parecido consigo mismo (…) con sus características, y sus brillantes ojos, y su pelo canoso, vestido con la plomiza sombra de su ropa...». Este espectro hace a Redlaw una propuesta: puede permitirle «olvidar el dolor, el daño y los problemas que ha conocido (…) cancelar su recuerdo». El profesor duda al principio, pero después accede.
¿Qué sucederá cuando todos sus recuerdos desaparezcan?
3. El grillo del hogar
John Peerybingle, un carretero, vive con su joven esposa Dot, su hijo y la niñera, Tilly Slowboy. Un grillo canta en el hogar y actúa como ángel guardián de la familia. Un día, un anciano misterioso les visita y se queda a vivir con los Peerybingle durante unos días.
La vida de la familia Peerybingle se cruza con la de Caleb Plummer, un juguetero pobre que trabaja para el avaro Mr. Tackleton. Caleb tiene una hija ciega llamada Bertha, y un hijo, Edward, que viajó a América del Sur y se le cree muerto.
Charles Dickens cuenta con una serie de cinco novelas cortas referentes a la Navidad. Las dos aquí mostradas son la quinta y la tercera, respectivamente. Las otras son 1. Cuento de Navidad (1843) y 2. Las campanas (1844), seguido por 4. La batalla de la vida (1846)
5. El hechizado y el trato con el fantasma
El Sr. Redlaw es un profesor de Química solitario, taciturno y pesimista que gusta de rumiar el daño que le hacen y las tribulaciones que ha sufrido.
Una noche se aparece a Redlaw un espíritu que en realidad no es sino su propio gemelo fantasmal, de «un espantoso parecido consigo mismo (…) con sus características, y sus brillantes ojos, y su pelo canoso, vestido con la plomiza sombra de su ropa...». Este espectro hace a Redlaw una propuesta: puede permitirle «olvidar el dolor, el daño y los problemas que ha conocido (…) cancelar su recuerdo». El profesor duda al principio, pero después accede.
¿Qué sucederá cuando todos sus recuerdos desaparezcan?
3. El grillo del hogar
John Peerybingle, un carretero, vive con su joven esposa Dot, su hijo y la niñera, Tilly Slowboy. Un grillo canta en el hogar y actúa como ángel guardián de la familia. Un día, un anciano misterioso les visita y se queda a vivir con los Peerybingle durante unos días.
La vida de la familia Peerybingle se cruza con la de Caleb Plummer, un juguetero pobre que trabaja para el avaro Mr. Tackleton. Caleb tiene una hija ciega llamada Bertha, y un hijo, Edward, que viajó a América del Sur y se le cree muerto.
305 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1848
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About the author
Charles Dickens
12.7k books31.3k followersCharles 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)
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)
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January 13, 2025
El hechizado se parece demasiado a Christmas Carol, a veces siento que Charles Dickens se sentó a escribir EL MISMO cuento 100 veces, cambiando los mínimos detalles.
El grillo del hogar sí tiene una trama mucho más interesante y novedosa, aunque no es navideño y no sé porqué lo pusieron aquí 😭 aun así, me hizo gritar con su plot twist!
El grillo del hogar sí tiene una trama mucho más interesante y novedosa, aunque no es navideño y no sé porqué lo pusieron aquí 😭 aun así, me hizo gritar con su plot twist!
January 14, 2024
El hechizado: 3 ⭐️
El grillo del hogar: 2.5 ⭐️
El grillo del hogar: 2.5 ⭐️
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