Set in a period of political upheaval in Victorian England, these heartwarming stories of working-class families capture the inherent kindness and generosity of people and the true spirit of Christmas.
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and grew up in poverty. This experience influenced 'Oliver Twist', the second of his fourteen major novels, which first appeared in 1837. When he died in 1870 he was buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey as an indication of his huge popularity as a novelist, which endures to this day.
Arne Norlin, Karin Boye, Zacharias Topelius, Viktor Rydberg, Selma Lagerlöf, H.C. Andersen, Hjalmar Bergman, Frans G. Bengtson, Bröderna Grimm, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Anton Tjechov, Charles Dickens, Elsa Beskow