The first chapter relates Dickens' visit to the ancient Richard Watts's Charity at Rochester. The second chapter is the touching story of "Richard Doubledick", which Dickens supposedly told the travellers, and Dickens' journey home on Christmas morning provides the short concluding chapter.
Story reflects on the deeper meaning of the holiday, using the loneliness of the solitary traveler as a lens through which to examine society.
A young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time.
a short story explaining what to expect when climbing the tallest Mountain in Africa Mt. Kilimanjaro