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Christmas Stories: A Christmas Carol, the Cricket, the Chimes, on the Hearth and Other Tales
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517180871
- ISBN 13
- 9780517180877
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New Yoirk: Gramercy Books, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with powder blue boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight with no markings, no writings noted. Mellow age toning to the papers. Dust jacket very good; not clipped, no price on flap. * This book is a volume from a series ""The Charles Dickens Library"" printed by Gramercy Books. From the front jacket flap, "". . . a rich and delightful collection of the great English novelist's works about the Christmas season. Though best known for 'A Christmas Carol,' a perennial seasonal favorite, Dickens wrote many other stories about the holiday. Dickens's consistent theme throughout these tales is the true meaning of Christmas, not the external trappings that all too often people see as the sole representation of the season."" Per a quote from Dickens, ""I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year."" Stories included: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Haunted Man, A Christmas Tree, What Christmas is as we Grow Older, The Poor Relation's Story, The Seven Poor Travellers, The Holly-Tree, Doctor Marigold.
Synopsis
The first edition of Dicken’s classic work A Christmas Carol, was published in 1843. It was a runaway success, and Dickens went on to write dozens of follow up Christmas tales over the next 25 years. Many of these stories are bundled in collections, titled Christmas Stories or Christmas Books. 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), T he 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).
Reviews
On Dec 14 2011, Patrick1952 said:
The first time I read [The Chimes], my Father was still alive and I remembered he enjoyed reading it too. Dad liked the character 'Trotty Veck', and who wouldn't? 'Trotty' was the typical Dicksonian 'decent poor'. I had bought a centennial edition of Charles Dickens complete works when I was 20. Most people don't realize Dickens wrote other fine Christmas stories besides his famous [A Christmas Carol]. The characters which seemed, 40 years ago a little fantastic in their personalities, don't seem so today when I am approaching 60 years of age. The morals that I found uplifting in the pages then are as much or more so today. This volume also includes [A Christmas Carol] and [A Cricket on the Hearth].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000385
- Title
- Christmas Stories: A Christmas Carol, the Cricket, the Chimes, on the Hearth and Other Tales
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0517180871
- ISBN 13
- 9780517180877
- Publisher
- Gramercy Books
- Place of Publication
- New Yoirk
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Christmas stories, Charles Dickens
- Bookseller catalogs
- Christmas Stories and Crafts;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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