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13 de fantasmas: Una antología de relatos espectrales
212 pages, Hardcover
Published May 25, 2025
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Charles Dickens
13k books31.7k 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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November 7, 2025
En conjunto, la antología me ha gustado, han sido relatos espectrales interesantes, con un estilo elegante y limpio.
Entre mis favoritos están El pequeño fantasma de Anne, El fantasma y La señora Amworth, han destacado sobre los demás, o me han mantenido más intrigada por saber su desenlace.
Las ilustraciones de Antonio Lorente son, como siempre, un auténtico regalo para la vista: preciosas, detalladas y expresivas.
En conclusión, una colección de historias fantasmales con estilo y visualmente preciosa, ideal para quienes disfrutan del terror clásico contado con elegancia.
Entre mis favoritos están El pequeño fantasma de Anne, El fantasma y La señora Amworth, han destacado sobre los demás, o me han mantenido más intrigada por saber su desenlace.
Las ilustraciones de Antonio Lorente son, como siempre, un auténtico regalo para la vista: preciosas, detalladas y expresivas.
En conclusión, una colección de historias fantasmales con estilo y visualmente preciosa, ideal para quienes disfrutan del terror clásico contado con elegancia.
December 19, 2025
El libro es una preciosidad, la maquetación, los colores, el diseño y lo mejor de todo las ilustraciones de Antonio Lorente: preciosas, con detalles y con una luz increíble, totalmente adecuadas al tono y ambientación del libro.
Así que he redondeado la media de los trece cuentos al alza. El resultado era 3.61 pero 4 estrellas me parecen muy justas.
Se trata de una selección de trece relatos de género fantasmagórico de autores de renombre de la época victoriana. Los hay mejores y peores, como en toda antología pero mis preferidos han sido:
- El fantasma, de Catherine Wells
-La señorita Mary Pask, de Edith Wharton
-Mi aventura en Northfolk, de A.J. Alan
Con mención especial para El guardavía de Charles Dickens que me sorprendió por ser el primero, El pequeño fantasma de Anne por emotivo y Curioso de ser cierto de Elisabeth Gaskel por su originalidad.
Así que he redondeado la media de los trece cuentos al alza. El resultado era 3.61 pero 4 estrellas me parecen muy justas.
Se trata de una selección de trece relatos de género fantasmagórico de autores de renombre de la época victoriana. Los hay mejores y peores, como en toda antología pero mis preferidos han sido:
- El fantasma, de Catherine Wells
-La señorita Mary Pask, de Edith Wharton
-Mi aventura en Northfolk, de A.J. Alan
Con mención especial para El guardavía de Charles Dickens que me sorprendió por ser el primero, El pequeño fantasma de Anne por emotivo y Curioso de ser cierto de Elisabeth Gaskel por su originalidad.
December 31, 2025
Un guardia del tren que ve un espectro que le advierte de hechos que no puede cambiar, un espectro que sale de paseo con Napoleón, el fantasma de una niña que se le aparece a una joven que perdió a su hija, un paseo por las colinas en compañía de fantasmas, una vampiro que asola un pequeño pueblito son algunos de los cuentos de esta antología.
Me encantó esta antología de cuentos escritos por Dickens Brontë, Sheridan Le Fanu y Wharton por mencionar algunos. El cuento de Elizabeth Gaskell es el que menos me convenció ya que es un hecho que protagoniza un hombre en el cual se encuentra con los personajes de cuentos de hadas. No lo incorporaría en una antología de fantasmas pero disfruté mucho de la antología sumado a las hermosas ilustraciones de Antonio Lorente.
Me encantó esta antología de cuentos escritos por Dickens Brontë, Sheridan Le Fanu y Wharton por mencionar algunos. El cuento de Elizabeth Gaskell es el que menos me convenció ya que es un hecho que protagoniza un hombre en el cual se encuentra con los personajes de cuentos de hadas. No lo incorporaría en una antología de fantasmas pero disfruté mucho de la antología sumado a las hermosas ilustraciones de Antonio Lorente.
August 26, 2025
Buenos relatos y preciosos dibujos.
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