Dickens' own childhood and youth are reflected in his novel of David Copperfield's early adventures and marriage

Charles Dickens is known not only for his novels but also for his shorter works. Particularly notable are his five Christmas novellas, especially A Christmas Carol. In this genre, Dickens's stories had a powerful commercial impulse, for it became an annual tradition for the author to publish one in time for the holiday season between 1843 and 1847. Three Short Stories brings together a trio of the celebrated author's Christmas stories: The Cricket...

Retells six novels of Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol; Great Expectations; David Copperfield; Oliver Twist; The Old Curiosity Shop; Nicholas Nickleby