Trial for Murder
Charles Dickens's Trial for Murder (2008) is a ghost story short story. It takes readers to Old Court and Court of Assizes in C. 1830. It deals with ghost story.
12 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 218 editions.
It runs to roughly 30 pages — about 35 minutes of reading at an average pace.
About Trial for Murder
One of Dickens's standalone ghost stories, of which he was so fond. Here the unnamed narrator is also selected as the foreman of the jury where the accused is being tried for murder. There is, among the jury, an unseen thirteenth juror, whose presence is certainly felt by the accused, by witnesses, by the prosecutor and by the judge himself. When the verdict is pronounced, the guilty man (for so he has been judged) declares that the the trial was an unfair one, that the foreman of the jury was dead against him...
Quick answers
Who wrote Trial for Murder?
Trial for Murder was written by Charles Dickens and first published in 2008.
What genre is Trial for Murder?
It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories.
How long is Trial for Murder?
The median edition has 30 pages, about about 35 minutes of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Trial for Murder?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Screaming Staircase, The Hollow Boy and The Whispering Skull.
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