No other author made a greater contribution to the literature of Christmas than Charles Dickens. Collected here are twenty-three short works, some on the theme of Christmas, from ‘A Christmas Dinner’ (1835) to ‘What Christmas Is As We Grow Older’ to others that simply explore the function of kindness and goodwill in society, as in one of his last works, ‘No Thoroughfare’ (1867). Read and reread these heartwarming classics every holiday season.
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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author and social reformer. He is widely considered the greatest Victorian novelist, having written such classics as Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, and Oliver Twist. Aside from his novels, he also wrote short stories, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and countless letters.