"A Christmas Carol & A Christmas Tree is a new edition of the two classic Christmas stories by Charles Dickens. The first story, A Christmas Carol, is a morality tale about Ebenezer Scrooge, an old contemptuous, penny-pinching man who undergoes a journey of redemption on Christmas Eve. He is visited by the ghost of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns him to change his miserly ways and tells him to expect three spirits: the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. Frightened by the visions they show him, he emerges on Christmas morning with a warm heart and good tidings for all. The second story, A Christmas Tree, is about an old man whose memories are stirred as he reminisces about the toys and gifts that have decorated his Christmas tree over the years. The book is illustrated by renowned Australian children's book author & illustrator Robert Ingpen."--Provided by publisher.

Hard Times is a searing, passionate criticism of a world that values material success and rationalism above the human heart. Mr Thomas Gradgrind, headmaster of Coketown school and model of Utilitarian virtue, feeds his pupils and family with 'nothing but facts' and bans fancy and wonder from young minds. Showing how his neglect of feelings leads to both personal misery and strife in wider society, in contrast with the happiness of the free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe, Dickens's novel is a celebration of the power of the imagination.

Two of Dicken's novels are republished. The first follows a group from the tranquil roads of London to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror. The second follows the life of the orphaned Pip from the wild Kent marshes through a series of events as he abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman.

Presents the adventures of an orphan boy who lives in the squalid surroundings of a nineteenth-century English workhouse until he becomes involved with a gang of thieves.

An abridged version of the adventures of the orphan boy who is forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London.

The classic story about a miser who learns the meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

One of Dickens' most favoured books. A Tale of Two Cities tells an intriguing story of love, courage and self-sacrifice during the French Revolution.