{"product_id":"christmas-carol-and-other-holiday-treasures","title":"Christmas Carol and Other Holiday Treasures","description":"\u003cb\u003eBrighten the holiday season with five classic tales from the master of Christmastime fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharles Dickens's most famous holiday story is the 1843 publication \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e, but he was a prolific writer in the yuletide genre and a great contributor to many now-prevalent traditions of the holiday itself. In the year following the release of \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e, Dickens released \u003ci\u003eThe Chimes: A Christmas Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In\u003c\/i\u003e. This story combined his enduring sympathy for the poor with the notion that we must always strive to live in nobler ways. In 1845 came \u003ci\u003eThe Cricket on the Hearth\u003c\/i\u003e, a novella that, in its time, surpassed even \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e in popularity for stage productions. The years 1846 and 1848 respectively brought \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain\u003c\/i\u003e. Given this wealth of Christmas-themed works, it is no wonder that Dickens is sometimes referred to as \"the man who invented Christmas.\"","brand":"Charles Dickens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47276154749164,"sku":"9781667208589","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781667208589.jpg?v=1770194404","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/christmas-carol-and-other-holiday-treasures","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}