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Ghost Stories

The Christmas Stories [8 stories]

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  • 1900 first published
  • 168 pages
  • 9 editions
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The Christmas Stories [8 stories] is a 1900 ghost story novel by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. It takes readers to England in the 19th century. Readers will find themes of grouches, Greed, Ebenezer Scrooge and sick children.

17 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions.

At about 168 pages, most readers finish it in 3–4 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Subjects

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

Quick answers

Who wrote The Christmas Stories [8 stories]?

The Christmas Stories [8 stories] was written by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins and first published in 1900.

What genre is The Christmas Stories [8 stories]?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories.

How long is The Christmas Stories [8 stories]?

The median edition has 168 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Christmas Stories [8 stories]?

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

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