1860 – England. Two frightening ghost stories.
The Signalman
A visitor comes to a signal-box next to a railway tunnel.
The signalman tells the visitor about his important work. But the signalman also tells him a frightening story. Is the story true? Is there a ghost on the railway?
The Ghost at the Trial
George Fothergill listens to a trial in a court of law.
A man is accused of murder. Did the man murder his friend? Then George sees something strange at night.
And he sees a strange man in the court. Why does the man always look at George? Why does the man never speak?
* A Picture Dictionary of difficult vocabulary
Notes about the life of Charles Dickens
Notes about the story
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