'What was merry Christmas to Scrooge? Out upon merry Christmas! What good had it ever done to him?' Ebenezer Scrooge is a bad-tempered skinflint who hates Christmas and all it stands for, but a ghostly visitor foretells three apparitions who will thaw Scrooge's frozen heart. A Christmas Carol has gripped the public imagination since it was first published in 1843, and it is now as much a part of Christmas as mistletoe or plum pudding. This edition reprints the story alongside Dickens's four other Christmas Books: The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, and The Haunted Man. All five stories show Dickens at his unpredictable best, jumbling together comedy and melodrama, genial romance and urgent social satire, in pursuit of his aim 'to awaken some loving and forbearing thoughts, never out of season in a Christian land'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

A collection of short stories. Includes: Mrs. Perkins's Ball; Our Street; Doctor Birch And His Young Friends; The Kickleburys On The Rhine; and, The Rose And The Ring.

This collection of short stories by William Makepeace Thackeray includes: "Mrs. Perkins's Ball", "Our Street", "Dr. Birch and his Young Friends", "The Kickleburys on the Rhine", "The Rose and the Ring; or, The History of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo"

"The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh" is a collection of short Christmas books by the author William Makepeace Thackeray, famed for the novel, "Vanity Fair". Thackeray wrote and illustrated the books under the pseudonymous title "Mr. M. A. Titmarsh". The titles include: 'Mrs. Perkins's Ball', 'Our Street', 'Doctor Birch and His Young Friends', 'The Kickleburys on the Rhine,' and 'The Rose and the Ring.'

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) was a British au-thor and novelist mostly known for his satirical works such as “Vanity Fair ” that showed an ironic representation of the British society of those times. This book includes ?ve wonderful stories: “Mrs. Perkin’s Ball,” “Our Street,” “Doctor Birch And His Young Friends,” “The Kickleburys On The Rhine,” and “The Rose And The Ring.”