The Wreck of the Golden Mary

Charles Dickens loved Christmas. In fact it is said that he is largely responsible for how we celebrate a traditional Christmas today, with more than a nod to the Victorian era. “A Christmas Carol” is the story millions of people will cite as being their favourite Christmas story, and Charles Dicken......more

In the 1856 Christmas edition of his magazine, Household Words, Charles Dickens included the story The Wreck of the Golden Mary. This was actually a three part construction by Dickens and his good friend Wilkie Collins, though Collins’ name did not appear. The first story is The Wreck of the Golden......more

NOTE: Please LINK HERE for my more comprehensive Goodreads review of the full text of this book. That one is for a review of a facsimile of Charles Dickens's original newspaper publication of this work, in his own magazine. This edition of is a later publication of the work from 1955, illustrated by......more