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The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
 Frontispiece of first edition, 1848 | |
| Author | Charles Dickens |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, A Fancy for Christmas-Time |
| Illustrator | Sir John Tenniel Frank Stone William Clarkson Stanfield John Leech |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novella |
| Publisher | Bradbury & Evans |
Publication date | 19 December 1848 |
| Publication place | England |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 188 pp |
| Preceded by | The Battle of Life |
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain: A Fancy for Christmas-Time is a novella by Charles Dickens first published in 1848. It is the last of Dickens's five Christmas novellas, following A Christmas Carol (1843), The Chimes (1844), The Cricket on the Hearth (1845) and The Battle of Life (1846).
The same year it was published The Haunted Man was adapted for the West End stage when it was performed at the Adelphi Theatre in December 1848, and it received renewed vigour in an 1862 Christmas Eve production which saw the first public demonstration of "Pepper's ghost"—a method of projecting the illusion of a ghost into a theatre (named after its designer John Henry Pepper)—which caused a sensation among those in attendance at the Regent Street theatre in London.[1][2]
- ^ Meehan, Paul (2019). The Haunted House on Film. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 15.
- ^ "Ghosts and Pantos at the RPI". University of Westminster. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
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