Christmas Stories (Collins Classics) - Softcover

Dickens, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 000811062X ISBN 13: 9780008110628

Publisher: William Collins, 2015

Synopsis

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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, Dickenss 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.

About this title

Review:

‘Dickens demonstrates triumphantly that a meaningful Christmas is possible even in the most contemporary and urban of settings.’ Guardian

‘The Man Who Invented Christmas.’ Daily Telegraph, 1988

About the Author:

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and grew up in poverty. This experience influenced ‘Oliver Twist’, the second of his fourteen major novels, which first appeared in 1837. When he died in 1870, he was buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey as an indication of his huge popularity as a novelist, which endures to this day.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Collins
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 000811062X
• ISBN 13: 9780008110628
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304