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A Christmas Carol (1843)
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Related Material
- The Christmas Books of Charles Dickens — A Christmas Carol and Other Stories
- A list of the Christmas Books by Charles Dickens, 1843-1848
- The Naming of Names in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol
- Dickens "the man who invented Christmas"
- Vocabulary Notes for A Christmas Carol
- Recent editions particularly useful for students and scholars
The Chimes (1844)
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Related Material: Introductions and Reviews
- Introduction to the illustrations
- A favorable review of The Chimes in the 1844 Illustrated London News
- Introduction to the Story: The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang An Old Year Out and a New Year In
The Cricket on the Hearth (1845)
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Related Material: Other Editions
- Sol Eytinge, Jr.'s Christmas Books (Diamond Edition, 1867)
- E. A. Abbey's Christmas Stories (American Household Edition, 1876)
- Fred Barnard's Christmas Books (British Household Edition, 1878)
- Felix O. C. Darley's character study Bertha, the Blind Girl, May Fielding, and Caleb Plummer (1888)
- Harry Furniss's Christmas Books (Charles Dickens Library Edition, 1910)
- Luigi Rossi's The Cricket on the Hearth (Pears' Centenary Edition, 1912)
The Battle of Life (1846)
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Related Material: Introduction and Various Editions (1846 through 1912)
- The Christmas Books of Charles Dickens
- Sol Eytinge, Jr.'s single illustration for The Battle of Life (1867)
- Felix O. C. Darley's character study Mine Host of "The Nutmeg Grater" (1888)
- A. E. Abbey's Household Edition illustrations for Christmas Stories (1876)
- Fred Barnard's Household Edition illustrations for The Christmas Books (1878)
- Harry Furniss's Illustrations for The Battle of Life (1910)
- Charles Green's Illustrations for The Battle of Life (1912)
The Haunted Man (1848)
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Related Materials
- List of Plates in The Haunted Man and Introduction to Dickens's Working Methods
- The Ratio of Illustration to Letter-Press (Text) in The Haunted Man
- Lighthouses in Dickens's A Christmas Carol and The Haunted Man
- The Term "Pre-Raphaelite" as Applied to Frank Stone's Plates in The Haunted Man
- Bibliography of Secondary Materials for The Haunted Man
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Bibliography
Cohen, Jane Rabb. Charles Dickens and His Original Illustrators. Columbus: Ohio State U. P., 1980.
Dickens, Charles. The Battle of Life: A Love Story. Illustrated by John Leech, Richard Doyle, Daniel Maclise, and Clarkson Stanfield. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846.
Dickens, Charles. The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang An Old Year Out and A New Year In. Illustrated by John Leech, Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, and Clarkson Stanfield. London: Chapman and Hall, 16 December 1844 [Printed title-page dated "1845"].
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being A Ghost Story of Christmas. Illustrated by John Leech. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843.
Dickens, Charles. The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. Illustrated by John Leech, Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield, and Edwin Landseer. Engraved by George Dalziel, Edward Dalziel, T. Williams, J. Thompson, R. Graves, and Joseph Swain. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846 [December 1845].
Dickens, Charles. The Haunted Man; or, The Ghost's Bargain. Illustrated by John Leech, Frank Stone, John Tenniel, and Clarkson Stanfield. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
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