Cover of Novels (Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth)
Ghost Stories

Novels (Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth)

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  • 1846 first published
  • 334 pages
  • ★ 4.2 (5 ratings)
  • 31 editions
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Charles Dickens's Novels (Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth) (1846) is a ghost story story collection. It deals with Ebenezer Scrooge, sick children, poor families and misers.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 7 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 31 editions across 3 languages.

At about 334 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

About Novels (Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth)

A Christmas carol; The chimes; The cricket on the hearth.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Ebenezer Scrooge
  • Sick children
  • Ghost stories
  • Poor families
  • Misers
  • English Christmas stories
  • Christmas
  • Greed
  • Christmas stories
  • London, England
  • Scrooge, ebenezer
  • Religious
  • British and irish fiction, Fictional works by one author
  • England
  • Short stories, Single author

Quick answers

Who wrote Novels (Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth)?

Novels (Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth) was written by Charles Dickens and first published in 1846.

What genre is Novels (Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth)?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories.

How long is Novels (Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth)?

The median edition has 334 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Novels (Chimes / Christmas Carol / Cricket on the Hearth)?

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

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