The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh

5 Short Christmas stories by William Makepeace Thackeray. These stories offer an amusing and satirical look to the noble classes of the mid-1800's. If you enjoy Dickens, Twain, and other classic works, you will find these sketches entertaining.

 

 

CONTENTS

       

Mrs. Perkins's Ball  

Our Street  

Doctor Birch and His Young Friends   

The Kickleburys on the Rhine  

The Rose and the Ring

 

William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 - 24 December 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.

 

Thackeray's The Christmas Books of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh (1847-55) was published under his familiar pen name, M.A. Titmarsh. It is an anthology of five short novels, each of which criticises English nobility. It includes The Kickleburys on the Rhine, in which the author shares a steamer with an upper-class family. It also contains Mrs. Perkin's Ball, Our Street, Dr. Birch and His Young Friends, and The Rose and the Ring, a satirical story dealing with the lives and fates of four royal cousins.