Christmas Books: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Christmas Books, credited to Charles Dickens, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Christmas Books by Charles Dickens. Read in English by Hamlet. From 1843 to 1848, Charles Dickens wrote a series of five novellas to be published at Christmas. Most people are familiar with the first, "A Christmas Carol." The others are "The Chimes," "The Cricket on the Hearth," "The Battle of Life," and "The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain." - Summary by Brad Filippone.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Christmas Books
• Author credits: Charles Dickens
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 19
• Listed recording duration: 15:22:51

Catalogue topics

• dickens
• Christmas

Track guide

1. 01 - A Christmas Carol - Stave One - Marley's Ghost — 39:32
2. 02 - A Christmas Carol - Stave Two - The First of the Three Spirits — 36:10
3. 03 - A Christmas Carol - Stave Three - The Second of the Three Spirits — 48:04
4. 04 - A Christmas Carol - Stave Four - The Last of the Spirits — 30:27
5. 05 - A Christmas Carol - Stave Five - The End of It — 13:34
6. 06 - The Chimes - Chapter One - First Quarter — 49:19
7. 07 - The Chimes - Chapter Two - The Second Quarter — 45:55
8. 08 - The Chimes - Chapter Three - Third Quarter — 45:34
9. 09 - The Chimes - Chapter Four - Fourth Quarter — 43:19
10. 10 - The Cricket on the Hearth - Chirp the First — 56:38
11. 11 - The Cricket on the Hearth - Chirp the Second — 1:06:20
12. 12 - The Cricket on the Hearth - Chirp the Third — 1:09:40
13. 13 - The Battle of Life - Chapter One — 49:01
14. 14 - The Battle of Life - Chapter Two — 1:07:57
15. 15 - The Battle of Life - Chapter Three — 58:19
16. 16 - The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain - Chapter One - The Gift Bestowed — 59:15
17. 17 - The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain - Chapter Two - The Gift Diffused (part one) — 1:00:37
18. 18 - The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain - Chapter Two - The Gift Diffused (part two) — 25:32
19. 19 - The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain - Chapter Three - The Gift Reversed — 57:38

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