Christmas Books Hardback - 1987
by Charles Dickens; Introduction by Eleanor Farjeon
About this book
The first four Christmas books published after the success of A Christmas Carol were: The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In (1844), The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home (1845), The Battle of Life: A Love Story (1846), The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain: A Fancy for Christmas-Time (1848).
After the success of these stand-alone books, Dickens began to write and edit special Christmas-themed issues of Household Words, a twopenny journal he launched in 1850. He collaborated with well-known authors, as well as wrote his own stories. You can find multiple bound editions of these early stories from Household Words, such as "What Christmas Is" (1851), "The Poor Relation's Story "(1852), "The Schoolboy's Story" (1853), "The Seven Poor Travellers" (1854), "The Holly-Tree Inn" (1855), "A House to Let" (1858), "The Haunted House" (1859), "A Message from the Sea" (1860), and "Somebody's Luggage" (1862).
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First edition identification
Chapman & Hall, London first published in 1943 A Christmas Carol, followed by The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Haunted Man, and The Battle of Life.
John Wiley a First Collected Edition of Christmas Stories in New York, 1849. The hardcover is bound in green cloth over boards with elaborate gilt stamping to spine and boards.
Details
- Title Christmas Books
- Author Charles Dickens; Introduction by Eleanor Farjeon
- Binding Hardback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 398
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford
- Publication date October 22, 1987
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780192545145 / 0192545140
- Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 7.5 x 4.94 x 1.29 in (19.05 x 12.55 x 3.28 cm)
- Reading level 1050
- Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Library of Congress subjects England - Social life and customs - 19th, Christmas stories, English
- Dewey Decimal Code 823.8
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