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No writer is more identified with the modern idea of Christmas than Charles Dickens. In some ways, Dickens helped define the holiday that we now celebrate by immortalizing it as a time of warmth and sharing, with an emphasis on family and friends. Dickens wrote all the stories presented here during the 1850s as contributions to the special Christmas issues of Household Words, the weekly magazine he founded and edited. Included are fictional sketches verging on the autobiographical, recollections of childhood, reflections on past holidays and old friends, as well as tales of misunderstandings and lost opportunities. They reaffirm the virtue of nurturing our traditions, and offer a master storyteller's vision of the real meaning of Christmas. The stories on this audiobook are: A Christmas Tree What Christmas Is as We Grow Older The Poor Relation's Story The Child's Story Nobody's Story The Seven Poor Travellers The Holly Tree

NOTE: This edition has a linked "Table of Contents" and has been beautifully formatted (searchable and interlinked) to work on your Amazon e-book reader for the iPad, iPhone, iPod and the Kindle.Dickens' "Christmas Stories" is a collection of twenty-one short stories, published between the years 1850 and 1867. From lighthearted ghost stories to biting social commentary, the stories differ enormously in style. Note that the story, "Mugby Junction" contains the ghost story called "The Signal-Man" which is often published on its own.Stories included in this volume:- A Christmas Tree- What Christmas Is As We Grow Older- The Poor Relation's Story- The Child's Story- The Schoolboy's Story- Nobody's Story- The Seven Poor Travellers- The Holly-Tree- The Wreck of the Golden Mary- The Perils of Certain English Prisoners- Going Into Society- The Haunted House- A Message From the Sea- Tom Tiddle's Ground- Somebody's Luggage- Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings- Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy- Doctor Marigold- Mugby Junction- No Thoroughfare- The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.There is probably a smell of roasted chestnuts and other good comfortable things all the time, for we are telling Winter Stories…This heart-warming collection of festive short stories and novellas perfectly captures the spirit of Christmas. Focused on the journeys taken through life and the inherent goodness of mankind, these tales explore the true meaning of Christmas and revel in the joyful season of goodwill. Imbued with a moral message, Dickens’s writing gives a voice to the plight of working-class families during a period of social and political change in Victorian England.With such tales as ‘The Chimes’, ‘The Cricket on the Hearth’ and ‘What Christmas Is, As We Grow Older’, this is a beautiful collection for Dickens fans, and a wonderful companion for all those who cherish ‘A Christmas Carol’.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) has been called “the man who invented Christmas”. This anthology collects some of the best short stories on Christmas he wrote during his life:I. A Christmas Tree (1850)II. What Christmas is as we Grow Older (1851)III. The Poor Relation’s Story (1852)IV. The Child’s Story (1852)V. The Schoolboy’s Story (1853)VI. Nobody’s Story (1853)It also contains the beautiful essay “Dickens and Christmas” written by English writer Gilbert K. Chesterton (1874–1936) in 1906.

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!This book contains the complete novels of Charles Dickens in the chronological order of their original publication.- A Christmas Carol- The Chimes - The Cricket on the Hearth- The Battle of Life- The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain The Christmas Stories:- A Christmas Tree- What Christmas is as we Grow Older- The Poor Relation's Story- The Child's Story- The Schoolboy's Story- Nobody's Story- The Seven Poor Travellers- The Holly-Tree- Wreck of the Golden Mary- The Perils of Certain English Prisoners- Going into Society- A Message From the Sea- Tom Tiddler's Ground- Somebody's Luggage- Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings- Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy- Doctor Marigold- Mugby Junction- No Thoroughfare

This is a collection of classic short stories written by Charles Dickens and published in several of his weekly magazines. The stories included are:- A Christmas Tree- What Christmas Is As We Grow Older- The Poor Relation's Story- The Child's Story- The Schoolboy's Story- Nobody's Story- The Seven Poor Travellers- The Holly-Tree- The Wreck of the Golden Mary- The Perils of Certain English Prisoners- Going Into Society- The Haunted House- A Message From the Sea- Tom Tiddle's Ground- Somebody's Luggage- Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings- Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy- Doctor Marigold- Mugby Junction- No ThoroughfareAs a bonus, the original illustrations are included as well. This file has a working Table of Contents and is DRM-free!

Illustrated with the all the original Illustrations and others illustrations-Table of contents to every chapters in the book.-Complete and formatted for kindle to improve your reading experienceChristmas numbers of Household Words magazine:What Christmas Is, as We Grow Older (1851)A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire (1852)Another Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire (1853)The Seven Poor Travellers (1854)The Holly-Tree Inn (1855)The Wreck of the "Golden Mary" (1856)The Perils of Certain English Prisoners (1857)A House to Let (1858) (Complete Story)Christmas numbers of All the Year Round magazine:The Haunted House (1859)A Message from the Sea (1860) (Complete Story)Tom Tiddler's Ground (1861)Somebody's Luggage (1862)Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings (1863)Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy (1864)Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions (1865)Mugby Junction (1866) (Complete Story)No Thoroughfare (1867)

A lovely illustrated copy of Christmas Stories from 'Household Words' and 'All The Year Round' by Charles Dickens. Features twenty-three large illustrations by E.G. Dalziel. A very fine, very pleasing and handsome copy of these stories. The quality of the printing of the illustrations in this edition is very good. Originally published by Chapman and Hall in 1879. 287 pages.This book includes the following stories:The Seven Poor TravellersThe Holly-TreeThe Wreck of the Golden MaryThe Perils of Certain English PrisonersGoing into SocietyThe Haunted HouseA Message from the SeaTom Tiddler's GroundSomebody's LuggageMrs. Lirriper's LodgingsMrs. Lirriper's LegacyDoctor MarigoldTwo Ghost StoriesMugby JunctionNo ThoroughfareThe Household Edition was the first edition of Charles Dickens work to be published after his death in 1870. It is a large format, fully-illustrated, beautifully-printed edition in 22 Volumes. Books included in the Household Edition were:Oliver Twist, 1871Martin Chuzzlewit, 1872David Copperfield, 1872Bleak House, 1873Little Dorrit, 1873The Pickwick Papers, 1874Barnaby Rudge, 1874A Tale of Two Cities, 1874Our Mutual Friend, 1875Nicholas Nickleby, 1875Great Expectations, 1876The Old Curiosity Shop, 1876Sketches by Boz, 1876Hard Times, 1877Dombey and Son, 1877The Uncommercial Traveller, 1877Christmas Books, 1878A Child’s History of England, 1878American Notes/Pictures from Italy, 1878The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1879Christmas Stories, 1879John Forster’s Life of Charles Dickens 1879Specially formatted to look good on Kindle Fire or Tablet.

After the success of A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens' name became so synonymous with Christmas that on hearing of his death in 1870 a young girl in London asked, "Mr. Dickens dead? Then will Father Christmas die too?" But A Christmas Carol is just the most famous of his Christmas stories, and those contained here in this unforgettable collection - The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain - show Dickens at his heartwarming best.