El Guardavias (Spanish Edition)

El Guardavias (Spanish Edition)

by Charles Dickens
El Guardavias (Spanish Edition)

El Guardavias (Spanish Edition)

by Charles Dickens

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Overview

El guardavías es un relato de terror escrito por Charles Dickens y publicado en diciembre de 1866 en la revista literaria All the Year Round, dirigida y fundada por Dickens; su título original es The Signalman. El Guardavía mezcla terror y elegancia y demuestra que pueden ir de la mano. Se trata de un cuento de terror clásico, sin variantes en la trama, aunque el verdadero talento del autor es el contraste que nos crea con la tranquilidad de pausas y llanos apacibles, y luego nos sacude con el horror psicológico que atormenta a sus personajes protagonistas. Aunque Dickens está considerado como un escritor realista, sus obras están plagadas de entes fantasmales y macabros, así como desarrolladas en ambientes sobrenaturales.
Está ambientado en el portal del túnel de Clayton, West Sussex, Inglaterra y fue inspirado por dos accidentes de trenes: el primero, un choque en éste túnel, el 25 de agosto de 1861 ; el segundo, un descarrilamiento en Staplehurts de un tren donde viajaba el propio Dickens, el 9 de junio de 1865.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781542644808
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 01/19/2017
Pages: 32
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.07(d)
Language: Spanish

About the Author

About The Author
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is probably the greatest novelist England has ever produced, the author of such famous books as A Christmas Carol, Hard Times, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, and Oliver Twist. His innate comic genius and shrewd depictions of Victorian life — along with his indelible characters — have made his books beloved by readers the world over. Dickens was born in Landport, Portsea, England and died in Kent after suffering a stroke. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know hunger, privation, and the horrors of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. These unfortunate early life experiences helped shape many of his greatest works.

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington
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