THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION BY CHARLES DICKENS (annotated)

The Ultimate Christmas Collection by Charles Dickens – a collection timeless literary masterpieces of the Victorian era that have captivated millions of hearts and minds of readers for a century and a half all over the world.

This unique edition includes dedicated author’s biography, historical context, little knows facts, contemporary critique and a set of illustrations.

This edition includes the following five Christmas novellas and short Christmas stories by Charles Dickens:

Christmas novellas:
A Christmas Carol (1843)
The Chimes (1844)
The Cricket on the Hearth (1845)
The Battle of Life (1846)
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848)

Short Christmas stories:
A Christmas Tree 1850
What Christmas is as we Grow Older 1851
The Poor Relation's Story 1852
The Child's Story 1852
The Schoolboy's Story 1853
Nobody's Story 1853
Going into Society 1858
Somebody's Luggage 1862
Mrs Lirriper's Lodgings 1863
Mrs Lirriper's Legacy 1864
Doctor Marigold 1865

Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ changed Christmas for ever, promoting family gatherings, charitable giving and merriment. Four more Christmas Books followed on the wave of ‘A Christmas Carol’ immense success.

Charles Dickens’ Christmas Books were published between 1843 and 1848. ‘Short Christmas Stories’ were first published between 1850 and 1865.

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and died in 1870. He left a legacy of magnificent novels that are still very popular with readers.