Short novel e-books (2h to read) of Charles Dickens

PREFACE I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.

_"He had been Tim's blood horse all the way from church."_ Frontispiece _"A Merry Christmas, Uncle!

------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens ...

PAGE A Christmas Tree 1 What Christmas is as we Grow Older 23 The Poor Relation’s Story 31 The Child’s Story 47 The Scho...

By Charle Dickens CHAPTER I--Part The First Once upon a time, it matters little when, and in stalwart England, it matters little where, a fierce battle was fought.

Table of Contents _Chirp the First_ 103 _Chirp the Second_ 132 _Chirp the Third_ ...

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CHAPTER I--HIS LEAVING IT TILL CALLED FOR The writer of these humble lines being a Waiter, and having come of a family of Waiters, and owning at the present time five brothers who are all Waiters...

=ELEVENTH EDITION.= =London:= PRINTED AND PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY BRADBURY AND EVANS, 90, FLEET STREET, AND WHITEFRIARS.

CHAPTER I--THE ISLAND OF SILVER-STORE It was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-four, that I, Gill Davis to command, His Mark, having then the honour to be a private in ...

produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration] SCENES AND CHARACTERS FROM THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS BEING EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX...

CHAPTER I--BARBOX BROTHERS I. "Guard!