Publisher's Synopsis
Volume 1: The Christmas Books -Annotated by Adolphus William Ward "Christmas books" five short books with strong social and moral messages that he published during the 1840s.A Christmas Carol [1843] The Chimes [1844] The Cricket on the Hearth [1845] The Battle of Life [1846] The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain [1848]Volume 2: Christmas Stories (from "Household Words" and "All the Year Round") - Annotated by George OrwellA Christmas Tree [1850] What Christmas is as we Grow Older [1851] The Poor Relation's Story [1852] The Child's Story [1852] The Schoolboy's Story [1853] Nobody's Story [18