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Stories for Christmas

A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield

A woman bumps into an ex-lover and wonders if she has made a mistake.

• 19 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde

Children's story in which a bad tempered giant learns not to be selfish.

• 11 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Mezzotint by M R James

A museum curator notices an engraving changes each time he looks at it.

• 29 mins

Stories for Christmas

At Christmas Time by Anton Chekhov

An illiterate couple worry when their daughter doesn't reply to their letters.

• 13 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Elves and the Shoemaker by the Brothers Grimm

Christmas story about a poor cobbler who gets some magical help to do his work.

• 5 mins

Stories for Christmas

Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy

A lonely man receives divine inspiration in a dream and spends Christmas helping others.

• 11 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde

Children's story about a living statue's quest to help others.

• 23 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Sealed Room by Arthur Conan Doyle

Solicitor Frank Alder meets a disturbed young man with a very strange inheritance.

• 33 mins

Stories for Christmas

Christmas Storms and Sunshine by Elizabeth Gaskell

Christmas story in which warring neighbours make peace.

• 26 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Gift of the Magi by O Henry

Christmas story in which a poor, young married couple sacrifice everything to buy gifts.

• 15 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe

Darkly intense story in which a man is haunted by his misdeeds.

• 15 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire by Arthur Conan Doyle

Holmes and Watson assist a man who suspects a vampire is wreaking havoc in his household.

• 39 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

A woman receives some bad news and has an unexpected response.

• 7 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen

Sad Christmas story about a poor little girl who sells matches to pay for Christmas.

• 8 mins

Stories for Christmas

A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield

A woman bumps into an ex-lover and wonders if she has made a mistake.

• 19 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde

Children's story in which a bad tempered giant learns not to be selfish.

• 11 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Mezzotint by M R James

A museum curator notices an engraving changes each time he looks at it.

• 29 mins

Stories for Christmas

At Christmas Time by Anton Chekhov

An illiterate couple worry when their daughter doesn't reply to their letters.

• 13 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Elves and the Shoemaker by the Brothers Grimm

Christmas story about a poor cobbler who gets some magical help to do his work.

• 5 mins

Stories for Christmas

Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy

A lonely man receives divine inspiration in a dream and spends Christmas helping others.

• 11 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde

Children's story about a living statue's quest to help others.

• 23 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Sealed Room by Arthur Conan Doyle

Solicitor Frank Alder meets a disturbed young man with a very strange inheritance.

• 33 mins

Stories for Christmas

Christmas Storms and Sunshine by Elizabeth Gaskell

Christmas story in which warring neighbours make peace.

• 26 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Gift of the Magi by O Henry

Christmas story in which a poor, young married couple sacrifice everything to buy gifts.

• 15 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe

Darkly intense story in which a man is haunted by his misdeeds.

• 15 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire by Arthur Conan Doyle

Holmes and Watson assist a man who suspects a vampire is wreaking havoc in his household.

• 39 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

A woman receives some bad news and has an unexpected response.

• 7 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen

Sad Christmas story about a poor little girl who sells matches to pay for Christmas.

• 8 mins

Funny Stories

The Fall of Lord Barrymore by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Two famous young bucks struggle for supremacy in fashionable London.

• 28 mins

Funny Stories

Aunt Hetty on Matrimony by Fanny Fern

The opinionated Aunt Hetty holds forth on that perennial dilemma – to marry or not?

• 4 mins