The Signalman by Charles Dickens, The Adventure of the Speckled Band by

The Signalman by Charles Dickens, The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and The yellowed Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanPeople confound written short stories for hundreds of old age however itwas not until the 19th century that they really became popular. Shortstories were the type form for writers who wanted to earn someimmediate money and stir a wide audience. As more(prenominal) people were giventhe luck of receiving basic education, literacy rates improved andmore were able to enjoy reading. As the technology improved printingbecame cheaper meaning that more people could founder to buy and readcheap magazines. This was in the days before television set or radio whenreading aloud was a much more popular form of entertainment.I have chosen to look at three short stories which were written in theVictorian age by different authors. They are The Signalman byCharles Dickens, The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir ArthurConan Doyle and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.The story The Signalman takes place in an degage railway cutting,where a traveller meets and befriends a lonely signalman who has a alien tale to tell. He is being haunted by a shadowy figure thatlurks in the mouth of a rail tunnel, warning him of impend cataclysm.He has appeared twice before and on both occasions the signalmanwitnessed detestable accidents a train crash and a young bride fallingfrom a speeding carriage. The signalman fears that the figure w visitationreturn and some other tragedy will occur.Charles Dickens wrote this tale after being involved in a train wreckin which he narrowly break loose injury. The accident haunted him for therest of his life.The Yellow Wa... ... next? What will get to her? The woman in The Yellow Wallpaperis very untypical of the popular subject in a psychological thriller.She at first seems to be a perfectly normal woman not really ill atall, but gradually we see her mind deteriorate and she bel atedly turnsinto a creature resembling a wild animal, prowling around her bedroom.The Signalman bears some similarities to Sir Arthur Conan Doylesstory in that there is a definite ending when the signalman is killed. at that place is a difference however in that the reader is then left with aquestion in their mind, which is similar to The Yellow Wallpaper. Isthe storyteller of the story a normal person or is he perchance the ghost?This is the typical ending of a mystery story go forth the reader witha quandary to ponder over after they have finished reading, makingthem want to read it all over again.