The Christmas Stories

Sep 2, 2025 6:01 PM

Author:Charles Dickens,Peter Ackroyd

After the success of A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens' name became so synonymous with Christmas that on hearing of his death in 1870 a young girl in London asked, "Mr. Dickens dead? Then will Father Christmas die too?" But A Christmas Carol is just the most famous of his Christmas stories, and those contained here in this unforgettable collection - The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain - show Dickens at his heartwarming best.

Reviews

Charles Dickens is one of the giants of English literature

—— Sunday Express

Nothing seems more quintessentially British than Charles Dickens

—— The Times

My all-time favourite author is Charles Dickens

—— Lesley Pearse

There's only one Charles Dickens

—— Nick Hornby

I would always prefer to go get another Dickens off the shelf than pick up a new book by someone I've not read yet

—— Donna Tartt

He's a marvellous writer ... He's very, very good

—— William Trevor

I love all of Dickens

—— Jo Brand

Witty enough to make you laugh out loud, but there are moments of real emotion that keep the book from being too light

—— Psychologies

A superb ear for dialogue...wonderfully comic

—— Evening Standard

Riotously high in laughs and glamour. I defy a festive grump not to be cheered by it

—— Independent Books of the Year

Fast-paced and funny

—— Women & Home

Influenced by magical realism and the cool prose of modernism, first-time author Chloe Aridjis takes the best from each

—— Alastair Mabbott , Herald

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