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A review by risky_oak
Dickens at Christmas by Charles Dickens
Since Christmas 2015 I decided on reading A Christmas Carol every December in a different edition every time.
This of course has some drawbacks:
1) Christmas Holidays in Cyprus are not suitable for reading but for eating and family gatherings and games. In other words, socialising the shit out of you.
2) Not all Dickens Christmas Books are about Christmas like A Christmas Carol (ACC)
3) Not all Dickens Christmas Books are as good as A Christmas Carol.
4) Every time I read something slow-going by Dickens I end up in a mini reading slump.
But this was a wonderful edition that deserves 5 stars as a collective object and 4 stars for the stories it includes, with the exception of ACC that deserves 5/5.
This beautiful hardback edition by Vintage includes all five novellas Dickens wrote during Christmas in 1840's but only two of them take place during Christmas (ACC and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain)
It also includes 8 short stories about Christmas or stories that were published in journals/magazines edited by Dickens during the Christmas period. (1850's-1860's)
It also has The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton which is actually a chapter from Dickens' first novel The Pickwick Papers.
So, with no further ado let's see which stories I liked, and I definitely recommend from this book and which stories I didn't like.
I loved:
A Christmas Carol 5/5
I liked:
The Story of The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton
The Cricket on the Hearth and
The Seven Poor Travelers 4/5
I enjoyed:
A Christmas Tree
A Christmas Dinner
What Christmas is, As We Grow Older
The Poor Relation's Story
The Child's Story
The Schoolboy's Story
and Nobody's Story 3/5
I didn't enjoy:
The Chimes
The Battle of Life
and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 2/5
44/14= 3.14 but as I said I'll give 1.5 stars as well, because this edition was so beautiful with a very good quality paper, a beautiful cover and of course cozy illustrations for every part.
This of course has some drawbacks:
1) Christmas Holidays in Cyprus are not suitable for reading but for eating and family gatherings and games. In other words, socialising the shit out of you.
2) Not all Dickens Christmas Books are about Christmas like A Christmas Carol (ACC)
3) Not all Dickens Christmas Books are as good as A Christmas Carol.
4) Every time I read something slow-going by Dickens I end up in a mini reading slump.
But this was a wonderful edition that deserves 5 stars as a collective object and 4 stars for the stories it includes, with the exception of ACC that deserves 5/5.
This beautiful hardback edition by Vintage includes all five novellas Dickens wrote during Christmas in 1840's but only two of them take place during Christmas (ACC and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain)
It also includes 8 short stories about Christmas or stories that were published in journals/magazines edited by Dickens during the Christmas period. (1850's-1860's)
It also has The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton which is actually a chapter from Dickens' first novel The Pickwick Papers.
So, with no further ado let's see which stories I liked, and I definitely recommend from this book and which stories I didn't like.
I loved:
A Christmas Carol 5/5
I liked:
The Story of The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton
The Cricket on the Hearth and
The Seven Poor Travelers 4/5
I enjoyed:
A Christmas Tree
A Christmas Dinner
What Christmas is, As We Grow Older
The Poor Relation's Story
The Child's Story
The Schoolboy's Story
and Nobody's Story 3/5
I didn't enjoy:
The Chimes
The Battle of Life
and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 2/5
44/14= 3.14 but as I said I'll give 1.5 stars as well, because this edition was so beautiful with a very good quality paper, a beautiful cover and of course cozy illustrations for every part.