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A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire
Charles Dickens
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Paperback, 127 pages; 2008 (1852)
$13.95
 Members' Price: $11.86
In the early 1850s, Charles Dickens invited esteemed contemporary authors such as Elizabeth Gaskell, Reverend James White, and Harriet Martineau to contribute short pieces for the Christmas edition of his periodical Household Words. The resulting collection of ten short stories by nine different authors (two were written by Dickens himself) showcase some of the best of Victorian storytelling while promoting a very, well, Dickensian notion of the spirit of the season. Bound together by the narrative frame of family and friends sharing tales around a yuletide fire, the diverse works take the form of parables, ghost stories, romances, and mysteries; some are undoubtedly Christmas tales, while others don't even mention the holiday. Put a log on the fire, plug in the Christmas tree lights, and let this literary collection—reproduced here for the first time—transport you to Victorian England. (A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire is also an original and literary host or hostess gift for the holiday season!)
(AG)
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