Dickens' Christmas Stories

Dickens' Christmas Stories
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This carefully crafted ebook: «Dickens' Christmas Stories (20 original stories as published between the years 1850 and 1867 in collaboration with Wilkie Collins and others in Dickens' own Magazines)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Not to be confused with Dicken's well known Christmas Tales (A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man) this eBook presents a collection of 20 short stories, published in the Christmas edition of Dickens' weekly magazines «Household Words» and its successor, «All the Year Round», between the years 1850 and 1867. Charles Dickens was the publisher and editor of, and a major contributor to these magazines. He often invited other authors to contribute with stories or to write stories in collaboration with himself. Content: – A Christmas Tree – What Christmas Is As We Grow Older – The Poor Relation's Story – The Child's Story – The Schoolboy's Story – Nobody's Story – The Seven Poor Travellers – The Holly-Tree – The Wreck of the Golden Mary – The Perils of Certain English Prisoners – Going Into Society – The Haunted House – A Message From the Sea – Tom Tiddle's Ground – Somebody's Luggage – Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings – Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy – Doctor Marigold – Mugby Junction – No Thoroughfare

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Charles Dickens. Dickens' Christmas Stories

Dickens' Christmas Stories

Table of Content

A CHRISTMAS TREE

WHAT CHRISTMAS IS AS WE GROW OLDER

THE POOR RELATION'S STORY

THE CHILD'S STORY

THE SCHOOLBOY'S STORY

NOBODY'S STORY

THE SEVEN POOR TRAVELLERS

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

THE HOLLY-TREE

FIRST BRANCH. MYSELF

SECOND BRANCH

THIRD BRANCH

THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN MARY

THE PERILS OF CERTAIN ENGLISH PRISONERS

CHAPTER I. THE ISLAND OF SILVER-STORE

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

A HOUSE TO LET

CONTENTS

OVER THE WAY

THE MANCHESTER MARRIAGE

GOING INTO SOCIETY

THREE EVENINGS IN THE HOUSE

TROTTLE'S REPORT

LET AT LAST

THE HAUNTED HOUSE

CONTENTS

THE MORTALS IN THE HOUSE

THE GHOST IN THE CLOCK ROOM

THE GHOST IN THE DOUBLE ROOM

THE GHOST IN THE PICTURE ROOM

THE GHOST IN THE CUPBOARD ROOM

THE GHOST IN MASTER B.'S ROOM

THE GHOST IN THE GARDEN ROOM

THE GHOST IN THE CORNER ROOM

A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II. PICKING UP EVENING SHADOWS

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV. PICKING UP WAIFS AT SEA

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II. HIS BOOTS

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

DOCTOR MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. TO BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII. TO BE TAKEN AND TRIED

CHAPTER VIII

MUGBY JUNCTION

CONTENTS

BARBOX BROTHERS

BARBOX BROTHERS AND CO

MAIN LINE

No. 1 BRANCH LINE

No. 2 BRANCH LINE

No. 3 BRANCH LINE

No. 4 BRANCH LINE. THE TRAVELLING POST-OFFICE

No. 5 BRANCH LINE. THE ENGINEER

NO THOROUGHFARE

THE OVERTURE

ACT I. THE CURTAIN RISES

ENTER THE HOUSEKEEPER

THE HOUSEKEEPER SPEAKS

NEW CHARACTERS ON THE SCENE

EXIT WILDING

ACT II. VENDALE MAKES LOVE

VENDALE MAKES MISCHIEF

ACT III. IN THE VALLEY

ON THE MOUNTAIN

ACT IV. THE CLOCK-LOCK

THE CURTAIN FALLS

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Charles Dickens

(20 original stories as published between the years 1850 and 1867 in collaboration with Wilkie Collins and others in Dickens' own Magazines)

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"Water, pray!" they all three groaned together. Two more passengers who were asleep, woke up, and joined the cry.

"Silence!" I said. "There are not two spoonsful of fresh water left for each man in the boat. I shall wait three hours more for the chance of rain before I serve that out. Silence, and drop back to your places!"

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