Charles Dickens 
The Trial for Murder 

In Charles Dickens’ short story, ‘The Trial for Murder’ a banker is summoned to serve on a jury in a murder trial. The banker soon realizes he can see the ghost of the murdered man sitting, standing and otherwise present throughout the court proceedings. Perhaps Dickens’ best-known ghost story after ‘A Christmas Carol’, it was originally published in the 1865 Christmas issue of ‘All the Year Round’.

Circa l’autore

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author and social reformer. He is widely considered the greatest Victorian novelist, having written such classics as Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, and Oliver Twist. Aside from his novels, he also wrote short stories, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and countless letters.