Charles Dickens’s Christmas books
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Charles Dickens’s Christmas books are a series of Victorian-era holiday-themed novellas that blend moral lessons, social criticism, and elements of the supernatural, best exemplified by the enduring classic A Christmas Carol.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian literature
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literary work series ⓘ series of novellas ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
English canon of classic literature
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Victorian Christmas literature ⓘ |
| author | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
Christmas spirit
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charity ⓘ family ⓘ redemption ⓘ social responsibility ⓘ |
| containsElement |
moral allegory
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sentimentality ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly influential in shaping the popular image of Christmas ⓘ |
| firstWorkInSeries | A Christmas Carol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
Christmas fiction
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moral tale ⓘ novella ⓘ social criticism ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Industrial Revolution in Britain ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastWorkInSeries | The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryInfluenceOn |
Victorian Christmas traditions
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modern Christmas storytelling ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkInSeries |
A Christmas Carol
NERFINISHED
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The Battle of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ The Chimes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cricket on the Hearth NERFINISHED ⓘ The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationEndYear | 1848 ⓘ |
| publicationStartYear | 1843 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chapman & Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
ghosts
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time travel ⓘ visions ⓘ |
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A Christmas Carol