Charles Dickens heralds the winter solstice season with his Five Christmas Novels.
After the success attained with A Christmas Carol in 1843, Charles Dickens continued the series throughout the 1840s, maintaining what he called “the Carol philosophy” to “strike a sledgehammer blow” for the poor, uneducated, and repressed.
And what are the five Christmas Novels?
- A Christmas Carol
- The Chimes
- The Cricket on the Hearth
- The Battle of Life
- The Haunted Man
In typical Dickens fashion, he drove his message home with a mixture of humor and good cheer.
Margaret Lane points out in her introduction to the Oxford Illustrated Dickens-Christmas Stories “when he had a pill to offer, he confected it expertly with spice and sugar.” Source: The Charles Dickens Page/David A. Perdue
Find it in print, here: Main Nonfiction, 823 DIC
