Another Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire
Building on the success of his Christmas number for 1852, Dickens used the same framing concept for 1853’s Another Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire. This wide-ranging round features tales of angels, ghosts, and marriages that are as treacherous as they are inspiring. With more than one...
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Building on the success of his Christmas number for 1852, Dickens used the same framing concept for 1853’s Another Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire. This wide-ranging round features tales of angels, ghosts, and marriages that are as treacherous as they are inspiring. With more than one horrifying account of murder, the stories carry warning about love’s dangers as well as its delights. An impressive contributor list includes Elizabeth Gaskell and George A. Sala, whose poignant tales rival Dickens’ own.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781843911869 (1843911868)
Publish date: November 1st 2008
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Pages no: 140
Edition language: English
The stories in this book were originally published in 1853 as a special Christmas edition of Dickens's magazine, Household Words, the second such.Dickens again asked his contributors to provide him with stories that exemplified the spirit of Christmas, rather than being specifically set at Chritmast...