Cover of Christmas Books (Battle of Life / Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth / Haunted Man)
Ghost Stories

Christmas Books (Battle of Life / Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth / Haunted Man)

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  • 1800 first published
  • 416 pages
  • ★ 3.8 (5 ratings)
  • 128 editions
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Christmas Books (Battle of Life / Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth / Haunted Man) is an 1800 ghost story story collection by Charles Dickens. It takes readers to England in the 19th century. Readers will find themes of manners and customs, Ghost, christmas and Weihnachtserzählung.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 44 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 128 editions across 5 languages.

It runs to roughly 416 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Christmas Books (Battle of Life / Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth / Haunted Man)

A collection of five stories about Christmas by English author Charles Dickens.
Description from Open Library

Opening line

“MARLEY was dead, to begin with.”

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Subjects

  • English Christmas stories
  • Manners and customs
  • England
  • Christmas stories
  • British and irish fiction, Fictional works by one author
  • Scrooge, ebenezer
  • London, England
  • Ghost
  • Children's fiction
  • Christmas
  • Weihnachtserzählung
  • Short stories, Single author
  • Religious
  • Medieval Medicine
  • Marriage
  • Crickets

Quick answers

Who wrote Christmas Books (Battle of Life / Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth / Haunted Man)?

Christmas Books (Battle of Life / Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth / Haunted Man) was written by Charles Dickens and first published in 1800.

What genre is Christmas Books (Battle of Life / Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth / Haunted Man)?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories.

How long is Christmas Books (Battle of Life / Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth / Haunted Man)?

The median edition has 416 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Christmas Books (Battle of Life / Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth / Haunted Man)?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Turn of the Screw, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Canterville Ghost.

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