Morton D. Zabel reúne en esta antología 29 narraciones cortas de Dickens, clasificadas en cuatro apartados: "The Opening Scene", "Christmas and Its Ghosts", "Life and Its Battle" y "Tales for the Dust". Ni que decir tiene que incluye las más famosas e interesantes, como "A Christmas Carol" o "The Cricket on the Hearth". ( )

This volume includes "five novelettes and twenty-four short stories and sketches by the great English author," including: Shops and Their Tenants, Scotland Yard, London Recreations, The River, Early Coaches, Omnibuses, Criminal Courts, A Christmas Dinner, A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, Somebody's Luggage, Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings, Doctor Marigold, Mugby Junction, Hunted Down, George Silverman's Explanation, The Detective Police, and A Child's Dream of a Star.