This elegant edition gathers seven spirited Yuletide fables by Charles Dickens. The heartwarming tales tell of people rescued from their own folly by mysterious strangers -- including goblins, ghosts, and other supernatural creatures. In addition to the author's most famous holiday tale, A Christmas Carol, this collection features The Cricket on the Hearth, The Chimes, The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, The Seven Poor Travellers, The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton, and The Holly-Tree. Over sixty charming illustrations enhance this book, which will delight Dickens' fans as well as all lovers of Christmas stories.