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The haunted man and the ghost's bargain [electronic resource] / by Charles Dickens.

By: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Champaign, Ill. : Project Gutenberg, [199-?]Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 0585011842 (electronic bk.); 9780585011844 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Electronic books | Electronic books | English fiction | FICTION / GeneralGenre/Form: English fiction. | Electronic books. | Electronic books.DDC classification: 823 Online resources: EBSCOhost | Project Gutenberg eBook Summary: A chemist named Redlaw has lost his sister and feels terrible guilt and sorrow over the incident. Redlaw is a kind and giving person but appears to others to be 'a haunted man'; what haunts him is his specter of guilt. This ghost offers to remove his pain and suffering. The result is that Redlaw becomes indifferent and morose without care for others. His presence is enough to make others uncaring. Redlaw, hearing sweet music on Christmas morning, again meets with his haunter. All the evil he has done is reversed by Milly Swidgers, who leads Redlaw to appreciate his sorrow as a devise for forgiving the wrongs done to us by life. Understanding this, Redlaw forgives the loss of his sister and allays the ghost's curse.
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A chemist named Redlaw has lost his sister and feels terrible guilt and sorrow over the incident. Redlaw is a kind and giving person but appears to others to be 'a haunted man'; what haunts him is his specter of guilt. This ghost offers to remove his pain and suffering. The result is that Redlaw becomes indifferent and morose without care for others. His presence is enough to make others uncaring. Redlaw, hearing sweet music on Christmas morning, again meets with his haunter. All the evil he has done is reversed by Milly Swidgers, who leads Redlaw to appreciate his sorrow as a devise for forgiving the wrongs done to us by life. Understanding this, Redlaw forgives the loss of his sister and allays the ghost's curse.

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