Author(s): Dickens, Charles
Reader(s): Timson, David
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA0237
Barcode: 9781843799849
Release Date: 01/2016

DICKENS, C.: Christmas Stories (Unabridged)

Charles Dickens was a major contributor to the Victorian romantic revival of Christmas traditions. With their heart, humour and good morals, Dickens’s Christmas stories have made the author’s name synonymous with the season. Here we present four charming novellas to complete his series that began with A Christmas Carol, with echoes of sleigh bells throughout.

The stories include The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Dickens, Charles - Author
Timson, David (Reader)
1 The Chimes 08:25
Timson, David (Reader)
2 But, windy weather, in spite of its using him… 09:11
Timson, David (Reader)
3 The reflection reminded him of that other… 08:59
Timson, David (Reader)
4 Since his discovery of the contents of the basket… 10:15
Timson, David (Reader)
5 Two other gentlemen had come out with him. 09:47
Timson, David (Reader)
6 Toby might or might not have been able to… 09:45
Timson, David (Reader)
7 Chapter II - Second Quarter 10:53
Timson, David (Reader)
8 Toby listened with great gravity… 10:19
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 2
1 Sir Joseph still repeating 'Take the letter…!' 09:01
Timson, David (Reader)
2 He sunk his voice so low, and gazed upon her… 08:27
Timson, David (Reader)
3 'Now, I'll tell you what,' said Trotty after tea. 11:26
Timson, David (Reader)
4 Chapter III – Third Quarter 10:06
Timson, David (Reader)
5 'The voice of Time,' said the Phantom… 08:22
Timson, David (Reader)
6 The tower opened at his feet. 08:03
Timson, David (Reader)
7 But, there was more than this to happen. 09:45
Timson, David (Reader)
8 The ragged visitor – for he was miserably… 12:15
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 3
1 He held out in his hand a little purse… 07:31
Timson, David (Reader)
2 Chapter IV – Fourth Quarter 10:00
Timson, David (Reader)
3 Looking by turns at Tugby and his wife… 10:33
Timson, David (Reader)
4 It was over. It was over. 09:48
Timson, David (Reader)
5 She mingled with an abject crowd… 10:29
Timson, David (Reader)
6 'And whatever you do, father,' said Meg… 09:48
Timson, David (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
7 The Cricket on the Hearth 07:59
Timson, David (Reader)
8 And here, if you like, the Cricket did chime in! 11:04
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 4
1 'There! There's the teapot, ready on the hob!' 07:09
Timson, David (Reader)
2 'You never mean to say,' pursued Dot… 08:15
Timson, David (Reader)
3 'Hark! He's called for, sure enough,' said John. 09:49
Timson, David (Reader)
4 He didn't look much like a bridegroom… 07:40
Timson, David (Reader)
5 They were all about her in a moment. 10:02
Timson, David (Reader)
6 Chapter II – Chirp the Second 11:13
Timson, David (Reader)
7 How different the picture in her mind… 11:42
Timson, David (Reader)
8 He stopped; for Bertha had drawn closer… 11:02
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 5
1 The packages and parcels for the errand cart… 07:42
Timson, David (Reader)
2 Caleb sat next his daughter… 07:40
Timson, David (Reader)
3 There were two persons present… 10:34
Timson, David (Reader)
4 To change the theme, Dot did a little… 11:26
Timson, David (Reader)
5 Chapter III – Chirp the Third 09:46
Timson, David (Reader)
6 And while the Carrier, with his head… 10:22
Timson, David (Reader)
7 When they entered the kitchen… 09:40
Timson, David (Reader)
8 The Carrier set his grip upon the collar… 10:28
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 6
1 'Bertha, my dear!' said Caleb… 08:34
Timson, David (Reader)
2 Dot's whole attention had been concentrated… 10:40
Timson, David (Reader)
3 She saw that he was coming; and stopped him… 10:09
Timson, David (Reader)
4 And, by-the-by, a most unlooked-for incident… 06:18
Timson, David (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
5 The Battle of Life 09:45
Timson, David (Reader)
6 At last the younger of the dancing sisters… 09:16
Timson, David (Reader)
7 She was about thirty years old… 10:34
Timson, David (Reader)
8 Although Alfred had not been breakfasting… 11:54
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 7
1 'But this is not our business, Alfred,'… 07:04
Timson, David (Reader)
2 If one might judge from his appearance… 09:10
Timson, David (Reader)
3 Part the Second 09:43
Timson, David (Reader)
4 The lawyer very likely knew his man… 11:30
Timson, David (Reader)
5 So they both stood at the stair-head… 10:30
Timson, David (Reader)
6 Doctor Jeddler, in spite of his system… 07:58
Timson, David (Reader)
7 At the same time, bringing her thought… 10:00
Timson, David (Reader)
8 Sorrowing and wondering, Clemency turned… 11:30
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 8
1 Now the music struck up, and the dance… 07:43
Timson, David (Reader)
2 It was an old custom among them… 08:50
Timson, David (Reader)
3 Part the Third 11:34
Timson, David (Reader)
4 Mr. Britain heaved a sigh, and shook his head… 11:03
Timson, David (Reader)
5 She raised her head as with a sudden attention… 12:23
Timson, David (Reader)
6 To-morrow was a bright and peaceful day… 12:22
Timson, David (Reader)
7 Her sister, bending over her, could only look… 13:54
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 9
1 Poor Clemency, with her apron to her eyes… 05:09
Timson, David (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
2 The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 11:24
Timson, David (Reader)
3 'Who's that?' said he. 'Come in!' 11:37
Timson, David (Reader)
4 Mr. Swidger, in his polite desire… 10:25
Timson, David (Reader)
5 Such a staid matter-of-fact housewife she was… 09:44
Timson, David (Reader)
6 It paused, and seemed to tempt and goad him… 11:04
Timson, David (Reader)
7 But having stood before him… 09:18
Timson, David (Reader)
8 Chapter II – The Gift Diffused 09:11
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 10
1 Softening more and more… 10:24
Timson, David (Reader)
2 Mrs. Tetterby, without any remark… 11:25
Timson, David (Reader)
3 The good woman, quite carried away… 09:30
Timson, David (Reader)
4 He sat down on a chair near the door… 09:48
Timson, David (Reader)
5 The student opened a frail door in the wall… 11:49
Timson, David (Reader)
6 The creature lay in such a fiery heat… 11:55
Timson, David (Reader)
7 He drew a little off, and in doing so… 11:29
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 11
1 Redlaw could not reply by any word… 11:26
Timson, David (Reader)
2 Chapter III – The Gift Reversed 10:27
Timson, David (Reader)
3 It seemed to look down upon the boy in his sleep. 08:11
Timson, David (Reader)
4 A diversion arose here… 11:22
Timson, David (Reader)
5 Mr. and Mrs. Tetterby were not a bit… 09:23
Timson, David (Reader)
6 He saw the children throng about her… 07:17
Timson, David (Reader)
7 The boy still held back at first… 09:55
Timson, David (Reader)
8 In the few moments that elapsed… 09:14
Timson, David (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 14:10:32