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100 1 _aDickens, Charles,
_d1812-1870
245 1 2 _aA Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2009-02-26
505 0 _aDickens, C. A Christmas carol -- Sangster, M. E. The Christmas babe -- Corning, Mrs. W. H. A western Christmas -- Bacheller, I. Joe's search for Santa Claus -- Schayer, J. Angela's Christmas -- The first Puritan Christmas tree -- Butterworth, H. First New England Christmas -- Dickens, C. The chimes -- Redmond, C. Billy's Santa Claus experience -- Stowe, Mrs. H. B. Christmas in Poganuc -- Molesworth, Mrs. The Christmas princess -- Widow Townsend's visitor -- Wilcox, E. W. The old man's Christmas -- Dickens, C. The Christmas goblin -- Mead, C. H. The song of the star -- Collingwood, H. W. Indian Pete's Christmas gift -- My Christmas dinner -- Dickens, C. The poor traveler -- The legend of the Christmas tree -- Ewing, J. H. The peace egg.
508 _aE-text prepared by David Edwards, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520 _a"A Budget of Christmas Tales" by Charles Dickens and Others is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The anthology features various festive tales centered around Christmas themes, with some notable contributions from Charles Dickens, including the famous "A Christmas Carol." The collection likely delves into the spirit of Christmas, exploring themes of generosity, redemption, and the importance of community. At the start of "A Christmas Carol," we are introduced to Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly and cold-hearted old man who dismisses Christmas and all that it represents. The narrative opens with the emphatic declaration of Scrooge's partner Jacob Marley being dead, establishing the grim tone of Scrooge’s character. As the story progresses, we see Scrooge's interactions with his joyous nephew Fred and the charitable gentlemen who implore him to help the poor. Despite their kindness, Scrooge remains resolute in his disdain for Christmas, choosing to keep his distance from human warmth and generosity, which sets the stage for his eventual transformation when confronted by the spirits of Christmas. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aChristmas stories
700 1 _aCollingwood, Herbert W.
_q(Herbert Winslow),
_d1857-1927
700 1 _aEwing, Juliana Horatia,
_d1841-1885
700 1 _aMolesworth, Mrs.,
_d1839-1921
700 1 _aSchayer, Julia Thompson von Stosch,
_d1840-1928
700 1 _aStowe, Harriet Beecher,
_d1811-1896
700 1 _aWilcox, Ella Wheeler,
_d1850-1919
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28198
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