TO BE READ AT DUSK 📚: with Emily Middleton

About this episode

Dominic Gerrard discusses Dickens' 'To Be Read at Dusk' with Dr. Emily Middleton, exploring themes of psychology and supernatural elements.

The ghostly episodes continue as Dominic welcomes back the inimitable Dr. Emily Middleton who helps piece together the scattered psychological fragments that create Dickens' To Be Read at Dusk ... Five couriers sit high up watching the sun set over snowy peaks of the St Bernard's Pass, their minds flitting from one strange unsettling anecdote to another. Ideas of premonition, mesmerism, and the powerful telepathy that can exist between twins, abound in this story ... Additional so...

People in this episode

Host: Dominic Gerrard

Guest: Dr. Emily Middleton

Topics covered

• ghost stories
• psychology
• Dickens
• premonition
• mesmerism
• telepathy

Keywords

• Dickens
• To Be Read at Dusk
• ghost stories
• psychology
• premonition
• telepathy
• mesmerism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: To Be Read at Dusk

Places: St Bernard's Pass

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