| First Written | 1866 |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Origin | UK |
| Publisher | Hesperus Press |
| My Copy | Forward by Robert MacFarlane. library paperback. |
| First Read | September 2, 2025 |
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Mugby Junction
Notes
I DO love a 'concept album' here; Dickens has invented a frame narrative about a man visiting a railway junction, which has its own plot. And then there is a story about each of the seven railway lines that goes into Mugby Junction. There's a Dickensian ghost story!
Noted on September 4, 2025
This is a collection of short stories compiled by Dickens for his magazine, half of which are written by Dickens. You can tell this is a kind of 'gotta fill the column inches' kind of work, but on the other hand: it's still Charles Dickens. He's good even when he's not good.
Noted on September 4, 2025