In 1843, Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol, a ghost story that helped give life to a particular vision of Christmas that is still popular today. Many of the images and themes described by Dickens have become inextricably linked with the Christmas holiday. Although A Christmas Carol was by far his most popular and influential holiday story, he published several.
FCIT’s Lit2Go collection of free audiobooks includes A Christmas Carol, read by the talented and charming Rick Kistner, along with five of Dickens’ other short stories. This season, gather around the Christmas tree, grab a cup of wassail, turn down the lights, and let Lit2Go read your family a Dickens classic.
- A Christmas Carol, free audiobook from Lit2Go
- Dickens’ Christmas Stories from Lit2Go
- Other works by Charles Dickens
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Charles Dickens and his children (courtesy of ClipArt ETC)
