The Child's Story

Name: The Child's Story
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Charles Dickens
ISBN: 9781666587845

Author: Charles Dickens

Narrator: Michael Page

Unabridged: 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 09/05/2017

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Literary Fiction, Seasonal Fiction

Synopsis

Originally published in the 1852 Christmas edition of Dickens' journal Household Words, The Child's Story is the account of a man's life from childhood to the present as told to his grandson in the form of a fairytale about a traveler and the people he meets. This version of The Child's Story is part of Dreamscape's The Christmas Stories of Charles Dickens.

About Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author and social reformer. He is widely considered the greatest Victorian novelist, having written such classics as Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, and Oliver Twist. Aside from his novels, he also wrote short stories, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and countless letters.

About Michael Page

Michael Page has narrated over two hundred audiobooks and has won several Earphones Awards. As a professional actor, he has performed regularly with the Peterborough Players in New Hampshire. Currently a professor of theater at Calvin College, he lives with his wife and their two daughters in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sanjay on May 11, 2015

A story that shows the impermanence of life and importance of letting things go as one grows older. Narrative was beautiful.......more

Goodreads review by Sadia on December 13, 2016

Another of Dickens' masterpiece for its depth & timelessness. In this story, we get to meet a man's journey to all the stages of life (a child, a boy, young man in love & lastly a father, a mother & their children) and how all of them live & contributed to their parts of lives. They did what they ha......more

Goodreads review by Analissa on March 29, 2012

This book is about a traveler who watches a boy grow to a man and go through all the series of life, from playing and learning to working and having children. It touches the main ideas of the steps that most lives take. And most interesting it mentions the life experience of death. At the end, or ma......more

Goodreads review by K. Anna on May 16, 2016

This story is beautiful, and I did my best to arrange my thoughts on it into a haiku: "Too many to count, Experiences flash by, Held dear at the end."......more

Goodreads review by Benjamin on December 08, 2018

Quite a beautiful and also sad story about the inevitable journey of life.......more