{"product_id":"9780955881824","title":"Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eDickens' definitive Christmas tales including \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e and four other stories are collected in a beautifully produced volume with cloth covers by leading illustrator Joe McLaren. \u003ci\u003eThe Christmas Books\u003c\/i\u003e were first published in a single volume in 1852, bringing together five stories which Charles Dickens wrote specially for the Christmas season, beginning in 1843 with\u003ci\u003e A Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e. Over the next three years Dickens published \"The Chimes,\" \"The Cricket on the Hearth,\" and \"The Battle of Life.\" There was no story in 1847 but a fifth, \"The Haunted Man,\" appeared in 1848. \u003ci\u003eThe Christmas Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and in particular \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e, are considered so influential that they are credited with inventing our modern notion of Christmas itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008697843952,"sku":"9780955881824","price":24.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780955881824_p0.jpg?v=1763875686","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780955881824","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}