This event has been ended!
Tales for Dark December: Spooky Stories and Spine-Tingling Fun (in English)
Event by: Jen Clementine
Location: Má Lingua, Rua da Senhora do Monte 1C, Lisboa
About event
Join us for an evening of ghost stories in the Victorian tradition!
Like Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, and others before them, the members of the Lisbon Writers' Group present chilling tales for a dark December night.
This is event is in English.
COST
Free entry but with a suggested donation of €5 for CPR (Conselho Portugues para Refugiados). All donations go to buy essential goods for refugee relief (i.e. food, silverware, cookware, and shoes).
SCHEDULE
- 6:30 PM: Doors open, come early, get some mulled wine and a good seat
- 7:00 PM: Event starts
- 10 min break
- 8:15 PM: Second half starts
WHAT IS THE VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS GHOST STORY TRADITION?
Even before the industrial revolution, the shorter days and cold nights around Christmas and the winter solstice meant people would spend more time huddled around the fire.
Whether caused by the shadowy candlelight or just by coincidence, spooky tales, especially about ghosts, became a common theme.
Then, with the invention of the printing press, the price of books fell dramatically, and demand skyrocketed. Magazines and periodicals were crying out for these stories and the first wave of ghost story writing authors, like Conan Doyle, Gaskell, and Margaret Oliphant were only too happy to write through the autumn to ensure the pages were full.
The work of Charles Dickens, most famously in his classic novella, A Christmas Carol¸ cemented his place in the tradition. He went on to write several other Christmas stories, specifically featuring ghosts and compiled ghost stories from others for the magazines he was editing.
The tradition was picked up by BBC television in the 1970s with their annual production of A Ghost Story for Christmas, often adapting a classic Victorian ghost story.
On December 13th, we will recreate the spirit of this tradition for a good cause. All proceeds go to buy essential goods for a refugee relief foundation.
Hope to see you there!
Like Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, and others before them, the members of the Lisbon Writers' Group present chilling tales for a dark December night.
This is event is in English.
COST
Free entry but with a suggested donation of €5 for CPR (Conselho Portugues para Refugiados). All donations go to buy essential goods for refugee relief (i.e. food, silverware, cookware, and shoes).
SCHEDULE
- 6:30 PM: Doors open, come early, get some mulled wine and a good seat
- 7:00 PM: Event starts
- 10 min break
- 8:15 PM: Second half starts
WHAT IS THE VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS GHOST STORY TRADITION?
Even before the industrial revolution, the shorter days and cold nights around Christmas and the winter solstice meant people would spend more time huddled around the fire.
Whether caused by the shadowy candlelight or just by coincidence, spooky tales, especially about ghosts, became a common theme.
Then, with the invention of the printing press, the price of books fell dramatically, and demand skyrocketed. Magazines and periodicals were crying out for these stories and the first wave of ghost story writing authors, like Conan Doyle, Gaskell, and Margaret Oliphant were only too happy to write through the autumn to ensure the pages were full.
The work of Charles Dickens, most famously in his classic novella, A Christmas Carol¸ cemented his place in the tradition. He went on to write several other Christmas stories, specifically featuring ghosts and compiled ghost stories from others for the magazines he was editing.
The tradition was picked up by BBC television in the 1970s with their annual production of A Ghost Story for Christmas, often adapting a classic Victorian ghost story.
On December 13th, we will recreate the spirit of this tradition for a good cause. All proceeds go to buy essential goods for a refugee relief foundation.
Hope to see you there!