Books with title The Haunted Mansion 2

The Professor and the Haunted Mansion is the 3rd installment of the ‘ghostly’ adventures involving Professor Wilson and his colleagues. In this caper they are thrown in the midst of a murder mystery, causing madness and mayhem in the series involving the endearing characters and occupants from the sea-side town of Cape Hennessy. When one of Cape Hennessy’s beloved residents disappears and another is falsely accused of murder; it’s up to the professor’s group to unravel the mystery and truth to prove the innocence of their friend which all leads to the Hennessy mansion which is said to be haunted. Along the way, Clare’s ‘signs’ leads her and others onto another baffling mystery waiting to be investigated and solved. Meanwhile, Vera Finkelstein is back and this time with a vengeance! Her quest has led her to the mansion with many obstacles along the way into discovering some family connections. Devilish schemes and plots are bounded to ensure that no-one stands in her way to uncover a possible fortune hidden within the mansion. And finally, one of the greatest mysteries involving Professor Wilson will come to light when his strange fascination with gargoyles leads to one of the biggest surprises ever awaiting him. An astounding confession will leave the professor more than stunned and surprised when all is revealed in this exciting and climactic adventure of – “The Professor and the Haunted Mansion.”

Face to Face with a Nightmare! How ugly is Carly Beth's Halloween mask? It's so ugly that it almost scared her little brother to death. So terrifying that even her friends are freaked out by it. It's the best Halloween mask ever! It's everthing Carly Beth hoped it would be. And more. Maybe too much more. Because Halloween is almost over. And Carly Beth is still waering that special mask.

STORY / Description: “The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, A Fancy for Christmas-Time (better known as The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain or simply as The Haunted Man) is a novella by Charles Dickens first published in 1848. It is the fifth and last of Dickens's Christmas novellas. The story is more about the spirit of the holidays than about the holidays themselves, harking back to the first in the series, A Christmas Carol. The tale centres on a Professor Redlaw and those close to him. Redlaw is a teacher of chemistry who often broods over wrongs done him and grief from his past. He is haunted by a spirit, who is not so much a ghost as Redlaw's phantom twin and is "an awful likeness of himself...with his features, and his bright eyes, and his grizzled hair, and dressed in the gloomy shadow of his dress..." This spectre appears and proposes to Redlaw that he can allow him to "forget the sorrow, wrong, and trouble you have known...to cancel their remembrance..." Redlaw is hesitant at first, but finally agrees. As a consequence of the ghost's intervention, Redlaw is without memories of the painful incidents from his past. He experiences a universal anger that he cannot explain. His bitterness spreads to the Swidgers, the Tetterbys and his student. All become as wrathful as Redlaw himself. The only one who is able to avoid the bitterness is Milly. With this realization, the novel concludes with everyone back to normal and Redlaw, like Ebenezer Scrooge, a changed, more loving man. Now a whole person, Redlaw learns to be humble at Christmas.” ----- AUTHOR / Description: “Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 – 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today. Born in Portsmouth, 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 readings extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms. Dickens's literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers. Within a few years he had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humour, satire, and keen observation of character and society. His novels, most published in monthly or weekly instalments, pioneered the serial publication of narrative fiction, which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication. Cliffhanger endings in his serial publications kept readers in suspense. His 1843 novella A Christmas Carol remains especially 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.”

Complete and unabridged paperback edition.The Haunted Man is a novella by Charles Dickens first published in 1848. It is the fifth and last of Dickens's Christmas novellas. The story is more about the spirit of the holidays than about the holidays themselves, harking back to the first in the series, A Christmas Carol. The tale centres on a Professor Redlaw and those close to him. Description from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.