A Dickens Christmas
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. After the success of A Christmas Carol in 1843 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. In typical fashion he drove his message home with a mixture of humor and good cheer. Although subsequent Christmas books sold well at the time of their initial release, they have not enjoyed the staying power of A Christmas Carol. The Christmas books, particularly The Chimes, the Cricket, and the Carol, were the centerpiece of Dickens' public reading tours in the 1850s and 60s with A Christmas Carol far and away the most popular with audiences. Dickens discontinued the Christmas books after The Haunted Man, devoting his time to the publication of weekly magazines, Household Words (1850-1858) and All the Year Round (1859-1867), in which he included annual Christmas stories. Henceforth Dickens was forever linked with the celebration of Christmas. We present them here as a special Icon classic five audiobook collection.
Author - Charles Dickens.
Narrator - Cyril Taylor-Carr.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2022 E. Giuliano ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Charles Dickens created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. After the success of A Christmas Carol in 1843 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. In typical fashion he drove his message home with a mixture of humor and good cheer. Although subsequent Christmas books sold well at the time of their initial release, they have not enjoyed the staying power of A Christmas Carol. The Christmas books, particularly The Chimes, the Cricket, and the Carol, were the centerpiece of Dickens' public reading tours in the 1850s and 60s with A Christmas Carol far and away the most popular with audiences. Dickens discontinued the Christmas books after The Haunted Man, devoting his time to the publication of weekly magazines, Household Words (1850-1858) and All the Year Round (1859-1867), in which he included annual Christmas stories. Henceforth Dickens was forever linked with the celebration of Christmas. We present them here as a special Icon classic five audiobook collection. Author - Charles Dickens. Narrator - Cyril Taylor-Carr. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023. Copyright - © 2022 E. Giuliano ©.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:00:14
Chapter 2
Duration:01:07:32
Chapter 3
Duration:01:06:26
Chapter 4
Duration:01:00:51
Chapter 5
Duration:01:04:04
Chapter 6
Duration:00:59:08
Chapter 7
Duration:00:32:46
Chapter 8
Duration:00:36:14
Chapter 9
Duration:00:27:39
Chapter 10
Duration:00:29:05
Chapter 11
Duration:00:20:50
Chapter 12
Duration:00:20:20
Chapter 13
Duration:00:28:16
Chapter 14
Duration:00:37:41
Chapter 15
Duration:00:28:06
Chapter 16
Duration:00:31:11
Chapter 17
Duration:00:24:44
Chapter 18
Duration:00:23:43
Chapter 19
Duration:00:32:08
Chapter 20
Duration:00:35:03
Chapter 21
Duration:00:30:48
Chapter 22
Duration:00:41:52
Chapter 23
Duration:00:27:11
Chapter 24
Duration:00:35:05
Chapter 25
Duration:00:31:30
Chapter 26
Duration:00:42:06
Chapter 27
Duration:00:41:46
Chapter 28
Duration:00:36:55
Chapter 29
Duration:00:00:22