Use and Abuse of the Dead
Making his third appearance within the anthology, Charles Dickens seems to be an example of a writer responding to the death fascination held by those during the Victorian era. Dickens's piece, published in the middle of the century (1858), responds to the growing concerning about the usage of bodies in medical science--especially when those bodies are sold, or stolen. Again we see a narrative that is critical of using the dead beyond the public-sanctioned mourning rites.