The Haunted House

"The Haunted House" is a Victorian-era story series edited by Charles Dickens, featuring stories by Dickens himself and five other authors, published as part of a Christmas tradition. The opening story, "The Mortals in the House," follows a narrator who visits an old, neglected manor house suggested as a health retreat, offering a vivid description of its bleak and dilapidated state. The collection embodies Dickens's pioneering Christmas publishing tradition, blending atmospheric storytelling with a festive context.