discover or rediscover all the classics of literature. Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) In these five stories, Dickens celebrates the spirit of Christmas, sharing and charity, and denounces the social injustice that excludes the poor from this feast. It is a truculent portrait of everyday life and an unqualified condemnation of exploitation and misery. This social message, Dickens gives us gently, by the detour of the tale and the fantasy. -A Christmas Carol -The Chimes -The Cricket on the Hearth -The Battle of Life -The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain