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�The Christmas Books� contains five Christmas novels by Charles Dickens, including: �A Christmas Carol�, �The Chimes�, �The Cricket on the Hearth�, �The Battle of Life", and "The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain�. Dickens's Christmas novels perfectly enraptured the spirit of the Victorian Christmas revival and even inspired a number of traditional aspects of the holiday, including seasonal food and drink, family gatherings, dancing, and more. Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812�1870) was an English writer and social critic famous for having created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters. His works became unprecedentedly popular during his life, and today he is commonly regarded as the greatest Victorian-era novelist. Although perhaps better known for such works as �Oliver Twist� or �A Christmas Carol�, Dickens first gained success with the 1836 serial publication of �The Pickwick Papers�, which turned him almost overnight into an international literary celebrity thanks to his humour, satire, and astute observations concerning society and character. This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an introductory chapter from �Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens� by G. K. Chesterton.