MR PICKWICK'S CHRISTMAS - the Pickwickians spend Christmas at Manor Farm in Dingley Dell

Book excerpt: MR. PICKWICK'S CHRISTMAS is an account of the Pickwickians' Christmas at the manor farm in Dingley Dell near Rochester, Kent; and of the adventures they have there one Christmas. The first adventure is The Tale of the Goblin who stole a sexton; the second tells of The famous sports on ice, as written in the Pickwick Papers. a novel by Charles Dickens. This small volume has been illustrated in colour and Pen-and-ink by George Alfred Williams. This is a fun little Christmas book. Enjoyable to read out loud during the Christmas season and a welcome change to Dickens’ staple of modern Christmases worldwide - A Christmas Carol. ------------------------- KEYWORDS/TAGS: Mr Pickwick’s Christmas, Pickwickians, Tale, stole, steal, sports, on ice, Victorian, Christmas, Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens, George Alfred, Williams, assemble, Furnival’s Inn, Pickwick Club, proofsheets, Posthumous, Papers, Pickwick Club, action, adventures, Allen, ancient, anxiety, Arabella, astonishment, barrels, behind, Bella, Ben, Benjamin, black, Bob, bottom, boy, brandy, breakfast, ceremony, chain, cheerful, children, Christmas, church-yard, coach, coachman, cod-fish, cold, countenance, couple, crowded, Emily, Emma, extraordinary, fire, Gabriel, gentlemen, gloves, goblin, grave, Grub, happy, hearts, hearty, honour, horses, ice, king, kissed, kitchen, lady, lantern, laughter, Manor house, mistletoe, Muggleton, number, pleasure, poor, pretty, proposed, Sam, Sawbones, Sawyer, season, servants, sexton, sexton, skaits, skates,smile, Snodgrass, snow, snow, spirits, tombstone, Trundle, Tupman, Wardle, watch, wedding, Weller, wicker, wine, Winkle, world, zeal, Queen, Samuel Pickwick,