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The Signal-Man (short story)

  • Also Known As: No 1 Branch Line: The Signalman
  • Type: Short Story

The Signal-Man is a 1866 short story by author Charles Dickens. - AsNotedIn




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  • Clayton Tunnel North Portal Tunnel Cottage, Pyecombe "The Signal-Man" may have been inspired by the Clayton Tunnel Rail Crash, near the village of Pyecombe, West Sussex.
  • Pyecombe, West Sussex "The Signal-Man" may have been inspired by an 1861 accident at the Clayton Tunnel, near the village of Pyecombe, West Sussex between Hassocks and Preston Park railway stations on the Brighton Main Line.

Timeline

Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1866/12/10 Charles Dickens Author "The Signal-Man" by Charles Dickens appears in Mugby Junction, a short story collection published by All the Year Round as a Christmas extra.
1866/12/10 All the Year Round Publisher "The Signal-Man" by Charles Dickens appears in Mugby Junction, a short story collection published by All the Year Round as a Christmas extra.

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Particulars for The Signal-Man (short story):
Narrative Arts Fiction prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Supernatural Ghost an apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image
Narrative Arts Narrative an account of connected events
Narrative Arts Prose ordinary written language
Conveyance Category Railway travel by locomotive railroad
Art Type Short Story short form narrative fiction
Paranormal Supernatural manifestation or event attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature
Literary Attribute Victorian Ghost Story supernatural stories of mystery, atmospheric settings, but typically not horror or violent

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Original Language: English



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