Holiday Classics

First published in 1843, Charles Dicken's classic morality tale transformed the manner in which the Victorians, and generations to come, would celebrate Christmas. Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge's visitation by three spirits to confront his own past, present, and future in order to learn the true meaning of the holiday season has become one of the most beloved stories in literature.

Mr and Mrs Brown are keen to make it to Thompson Hall for a cosy family Christmas - the first they will be spending in England instead of France for several years. When Mr Brown is taken ill in Paris en route home, it seems their Christmas wishes may not be coming true. ‘Christmas at Thompson Hall’ is a festive short story full of humorous mishaps from the much-loved Victorian author, Anthony Trollope.

With Christmas just a few days away, why not pause your regular reading and savor a Christmas stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery? Christmas and New Year's is a season of celebration and reflection, of taking stock of the months gone by and looking forward to the year to come. Here you will find 14 Christmas stories written by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Treat yourself to some fireside reading and capture the holiday spirit with a bit of old-fashioned storytelling from Christmas past. Contents: The Red Room, A Christmas Mistake, A Christmas Inspiration, The Josephs' Christmas and others.

"Der Nussknacker und der Mäusekönig" ist ein zeitloser Klassiker der Weihnachtsliteratur, der uns in eine zauberhafte Welt entführt. E. T. A. Hoffmann erzählt die Geschichte von Marie, einem kleinen Mädchen, das an Heiligabend ein ganz besonderes Geschenk erhält: einen Nussknacker. Doch in der Nacht erwacht der Nussknacker zum Leben und nimmt Marie mit auf eine abenteuerliche Reise in das Reich der Mäuse. Dort herrscht der furchterregende Mäusekönig, der den Nussknacker und seine Freunde gefangen hält. Marie muss all ihren Mut zusammennehmen, um den Nussknacker zu retten und das Böse zu besiegen.

Stories of Santa Claus is a 1902 children’s book. Santa Claus, as a baby, is found in the Forest of Burzee by Ak, the Master Woodsman of the World (a supreme immortal), and placed in the care of the lioness Shiegra; but thereupon adopted by the Wood Nymph, Necile. Upon reaching young adulthood, Claus is introduced by Ak to human society, wherein he sees war, brutality, poverty, child neglect, and child abuse. Because he cannot reside in Burzee as an adult, he settles in the nearby Laughing Valley of Hohaho.

This is a story of a family in crisis, and the only thing that will save them is Mars' plan for rekindling memories of the joy, love, and peace they shared following her grandmother's Christmas tradition.

Indossa le cuffie e vivi l'esperienza di un audiolibro immersivo tridimensionale. Entra nel mondo raccontato da Charles Dickens ed esplora al fianco dei personaggi la Londra vittoriana, accompagnando il protagonista nel suo viaggio con i tre Spiriti del Natale. Ebenezer Scrooge, avaro e anziano uomo d'affari, viene condotto dai tre spettri nel suo passato, presente e futuro, nella notte della vigilia di Natale. In questo viaggio nel tempo, rivive i suoi errori, al fine di trovare una via per la sua redenzione.

Experiencing a story read out loud is one of the oldest forms of entertainment there is. Fireside Reading is a way to slow down, reconnect with the timeless wisdom of great books and rediscover the simple pleasure of being read to. Join Gildart Jackson in front of a cozy fire as he reads The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffman to you and your family.

Dreimal erhält Ebenezer Scrooge an Heiligabend Besuch von einem Geist - und dreimal wird dem Kaufmann vor Augen geführt, wie sehr Raffgier, Kaltherzigkeit und Einsamkeit sein Leben beherrschen. Doch glücklicherweise wird alles, was Scrooge im Verlauf jener Nacht an der Seite seiner überirdischen Besucher erlebt, ihn zu einem besseren Menschen machen. So entdeckt auch er sein Herz... Charles Dickens' Weihnachtsklassiker erzählt von einer wundersamen Wandlung und gehört fest zur Weihnachtszeit.

Perhaps the most famous and most accessible of Dickens' stories, which can be enjoyed every year afresh at Christmastime, as we never tire of the inspirational story of Scrooge's redemption and transformation.

Best-selling novelist and award-winning audiobook narrator Alison Larkin changes the gender of Scrooge in this ground-breaking new recording of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It's the same beloved Christmas story - only one thing has changed. In this version, Scrooge is a woman. Everything else, though, is pure Dickens. So, in this version, the characters behave as if it were quite normal for a girl to learn to read and write, fall in love with a woman, and have the kind of life and career only men could dream of in 1843.

Am Weihnachtsabend erscheinen dem habgierigen und herzlosen Geizhals Ebenezer Scrooge die Geister der vergangenen, gegenwärtigen und künftigen Weihnachten, die ihm das Glück vor Augen führen, das er bislang durch seine beispiellose Selbstsucht versäumt hat. Zutiefst betroffen, wandelt er sich über Nacht vom boshaften Egoisten zum gütigen, hilfsbereiten Wohltäter, einem Muster an Nächstenliebe und Hochherzigkeit.

Ebenezer Scrooge has no time for the poor or the wretched. And it's "Bah, humbug!" to anyone who wishes him a Merry Christmas. But when he turns in for the night one cold, fateful Christmas Eve, his past, present, and future converge. Three haunting guests are about to show him that the time has come to change his miserly ways - before it's too late.

Scrooge! His name has become synonymous with being miserly and miserable, especially at Christmas! A Christmas Carol is the much-loved novella by Charles Dickens which tells Scrooge's story. This mean, misanthropic man is visited by the ghost of his former partner, Jacob Marley, and then three spirits: the ghosts of Christmas Past, of Christmas Present, and of Christmas Yet to Come.

A Christmas Carol is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall on December 19, 1843. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. It tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation into a gentler, kindlier man after visitations by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.

A Christmas Carol is the best-known and best-loved of Dickens' Christmas books, and the story of the miser Scrooge's redemption has become as much part of the Christmas tradition as plum pudding and carols themselves.

The miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold-hearted man of business and has little time for the good humor and charity of the Christmas season. But that's about to change. A visit from his deceased business partner sets in motion a night in which Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. Will his listen to their messages? Will he heed their warnings? Ebenezer Scrooge is about to take a Christmas journey that he won't soon forget.

A Christmas Carol is a work of power and beauty. It has delighted and enthralled readers since it was first published in 1843. Perhaps Charles Dickens’ best-loved work, the story follows the trials and tribulations of Ebenezer Scrooge, man of business and notorious skinflint even by the City’s stringent standards, who is taken on a journey of self-discovery by his late business partner, the spirit Jacob Marley, with the help of three supernatural apparitions: the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come.

Ebenezer Scrooge is a heartless old miser who doesn't enjoy Christmas and doesn't think anyone else should, either. But, one Christmas Eve, some ghostly visitors take Scrooge on a journey that changes his mind for ever.

The timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and his adventures on Christmas Eve continue to teach an important lesson, even to this day. Author Charles Dickens introduces us to the main character by painting him in a negative light, a selfish and miserly old man who will barely pay enough money to keep his office heated. When Scrooge returns home after work, the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, visits him and tells him that because of the wrongdoing he had done during his life, he has been condemned to walk in his ghost years shackled....