Seven Xmas Eves: Being the romance of a social evolution

A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

Charles Dickens

This work is Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas,” a Victorian…

The Gift of the Magi

O. Henry

The piece is a short Christmas story that follows Della, a young woman living in a modest flat, as she…

Patty's Success

Carolyn Wells

Patty’s Success is a light‑hearted juvenile tale that opens with a bustling New York harbor scene, where the…

A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others

This volume gathers a selection of Christmas‑time tales, opening with an unmistakable re‑imagining of Charles…

Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman

Francis Hopkinson Smith

The work is a Southern‑style Christmas tale that opens with a flashback to a bitter rivalry between Colonel…

Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales

Ruth McEnery Stuart

Solomon Crow’s Christmas Pockets and Other Tales is a Southern‑style vignette that follows the early life of…