Three Ghost Stories-Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1 by Charles Dickens.This first volume was released on Dickens' 200th birthday, February 7th 2012 and further volumes followed during the anniversary year. Volume 1 includes short stories including, amongst others, The Holly Tree , the first part of Holiday Romance and three pieces from Mugby Junction . Some items requiring a little further explanation are Prince Bull , written as a fairy tale, but in reality a scathing attack on the Government's handling of supplies to the troops in the Crimean War; Old Lamps for New Ones in which Dickens makes clear his low opinion of the ethos of the Pre-Raphaelite school of painting; and Frauds on the Fairies , a polemic against George Cruikshank's bowdlerisation of fairy tales for moralistic purposes, and the interesting revelation that 'product placement' is by no means a new phenomenon.Featured on Oliver Twist.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3 by Charles Dickens.2012 is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth.Featured on Oliver Twist.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5 by Charles Dickens.2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth.Featured on Oliver Twist.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Master Humphrey's Clock by Charles Dickens.Ultimately, the periodical included the complete novels "The Old Curiosity Club" and "Barnaby Rudge."Featured on Oliver Twist.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Chimes by Charles Dickens.The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In is the second of Charles Dickens' Christmas books, published in 1844. Its contemporary setting is the "Hungry Forties", a time of social and political unrest, and the book has a strong moral message. It remained popular for many years, although its fame has since been eclipsed by that of A Christmas Carol , the first of the series. Our hero Toby ("Trotty") Veck is a poor but hard-working man, whose beloved daughter Meg is due to marry on New Year's Day. Trotty, who is appalled by newspaper reports of crime and immorality, is further depressed by his encounters with the rich and influential Alderman Cute and Sir Joseph Bowley, who make him feel that the poor have no right to exist in society, and his daughter has no right to marry.Featured on Oliver Twist.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. In the process, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol during a period when the British were exploring and re-evaluating past Christmas traditions, including carols, and newer customs such as cards and Christmas trees. He was influenced by the experiences of his own youth and by the Christmas stories of other authors, including Washington Irving and Douglas Jerrold.Featured on Oliver Twist.Public-domain audiobook.This episode includes AI-generated content.

Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (version 2) by Charles Dickens.The last of Dickens' Christmas novellas (1848), The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain centres around Professor Redlaw, a teacher of chemistry, whose personal life has been marred by sorrow and, he feels, by wrongs done to him in his past. He is haunted by his ghostly twin, who offers him the opportunity to forget completely all 'sorrow, wrong and trouble', claiming that this will make him happier. Redlaw wavers, but finally accepts this offer, discovering too late that there are conditions attached to it which cause him to infect with this unwanted 'gift' nearly everyone with whom he comes in contact. The story is populated by Dickens' archetypal comic figures - the Swidgers, who are servants of the college, and the hard-working but poor Tetterby family who run a nearby shop.Featured on Oliver Twist.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Seven Poor Travellers by Charles Dickens.One of Dickens' Christmas stories, this was first published as part of the Christmas number of Household Words for 1854. The first chapter relates Dickens' visit to the ancient Richard Watts's Charity at Rochester. The second chapter is the touching story of "Richard Doubledick", which Dickens supposedly told the travellers, and Dickens' journey home on Christmas morning provides the short concluding chapter.Featured on Oliver Twist.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Battle of Life by Charles Dickens.While "The Battle of Life" is one of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books - his annual release of a story just before Christmas - this one breaks the tradition by not being concerned with Christmas. Rather, its subtitle, "A Love Story", reveals more of the plot. The major events of this book take place on land that once was a battleground. That is just a backdrop for Dickens' idea of the real battle of life - finding and winning the right partner, so that life will go on to the next generation. The family that lives there is rather confused in its affections and intentions regarding who should end up with whom. We are thrust into the fight to make things work out, and, happily for a Christmas book, Dickens leads us on to a happy ending.Featured on Oliver Twist.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Some Short Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens.This episode includes AI-generated content.