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Christmas Stories

Чарльз Диккенс - один из самых известных писателей Англии XIX века. "Рождественские истории" неспроста полюбились и взрослым, и юным читателям во всём мире. Уютные, поучительные рассказы о добре и зле, о встречах с призраками и секретах волшебства, творят чудеса в душе каждого читателя. Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

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Free and Other Stories

Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice andagency. Dreiser''s best known novels include Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy. Dreiser also wrote short..

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Christmas Stories: A Christmas Carol

The story of Ebenezer Scrooge opens on a Christmas Eve as cold as Scrooge''s own heart. That night, he receives three ghostly visitors: the terrifying spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. Each takes him on a heart-stopping journey. Will Scrooge''s heart be opened? Can he reverse the miserable future he is forced to see?

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Christmas Stories: The Cricket on the Hearth

It is the story of John Peerybingle and his family who are visited by a guardian angel in the form of a cricket who is constantly chirping on their hearth. A delightfully fantastic story, The Cricket on the Hearth was the best-selling of Dickens five Christmas books and is a perfect little tale for the Christmas holiday season.

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Christmas Stories: The Battle of Life

The setting is an English village that stands on the site of a historic battle. Some characters refer to the battle as a metaphor for the struggles of life. Battle is the only one of the five Christmas Books that has no supernatural or explicitly religious elements.

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