A Victorian ghost story
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- Q1Which two words best describe Victorian way of life?decadent and lavishpoor and meagreconservative and traditionalliberated and progressive30s
- Q2Fill in the missing word: Victorian ______ was all about the way other people perceived you. The Victorians were very strict about what was and what wasn’t appropriate behaviour.Users enter free textType an Answer30s
- Q3When was Gothic literature allegedly originally 'born'?19th century17th century18th century16th century20th century30s
- Q4Why did the Victorians enjoy ghost stories so much?Users sort answers between categoriesSorting30s
- Q5Why did Charles Dickens make 'A Christmas Carol' a ghost story?He believed passionately in the supernatural so he brought it to life.Ghost stories were the only genre of writing Dickens was able to execute.He enjoyed reading ghost stories himself so he created one for his readers.He know people liked ghost stories and he wanted the novella to be widely read.30s
- Q6Why did Dickens make the supernatural an extension of the natural world in 'A Christmas Carol'?Users sort answers between categoriesSorting30s