A review by tobysutton_long
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Here contains a really nice little collection of Dickens' Christmas works. Most of the stuff in this anthology I was unfamiliar with, some bits I knew, but every piece was interesting in one way or another.

Christmas Festivities - A nice little introduction to the book.

The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton - I really enjoyed this one, a forerunner to A Christmas Carol, but in some ways more gruesome.

A Christmas Episode from Master Humphrey's Clock - We stan the disability rep!

A Christmas Carol - My goodness this is just time and time again a wonderful read, Dickens is such a master of storytelling.

The Haunted Man - Weird, very very weird.

A Christmas Tree - Some nice language, but I admit I couldn't really tell you what was going on.

What Christmas is, as we Grow Older - This is quite deep for such a short story.

The Seven Poor Travellers - An interesting and readable ending, I wish it was longer.