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Post by wireman on Apr 27, 2022 12:45:28 GMT
Discussion for today is The Signal Man by Charles Dickens
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Post by spideyman on Apr 27, 2022 16:29:58 GMT
How did I miss reading this story by Dickens? It appears there is a real life basis for parts of the story.
It was written five years after the Clayton Tunnel incident and a year after the Staplehurst rail crash, wherein Dickens was a passenger.
The signalman deals with the technology of the signals, and eventually must deal with whether he believes the apparitions or not.
I did enjoy the story. Really had the "feel" of being there with the signalman.
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Post by wireman on Apr 27, 2022 21:12:13 GMT
This is a very good physiological/horror story. The info that Spidey points out about the story having roots in a true event make it all the more interesting. The author describes this lonely job of being a signal man in such a way that the reader can easily believe the guy is a bit nuts from being alone in the dark all the time and possibly having hallucinations. An excellent Dickens ghost story that I had never heard of.
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Post by wireman on Apr 27, 2022 21:16:08 GMT
The Signal Man had had some unfortunate luck in life and was working a job that was beneath his educational level. Working this job in the depths of darkness seems to be a symbol for where his life has ended up.
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Post by wireman on May 2, 2022 12:47:29 GMT
The discussion for this Wednesday will be A Ghost Story by Mark Twain
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