Snuggle up next to the fire on a cold winter's night with this collection of several classic holiday stories by the great Charles Dickens, including A Christmas Carol, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Chimes, The Christmas Goblins, The Poor Traveler, and The Holly-Tree, with several illustrations.

ILLUSTRATED EDITION
At the age of 67, French author Charles Perrault lost his employment and decided to focus on his children. In 1697 he published a collection of short stories based on existing folk tales, "Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passe." These stories, presented in this volume, are some of the most well-known children's stories in the western world, including "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" ("Little Red Riding-Hood"), "Cendrillon" ("Cinderella"), "Le Chat Botte" ("Puss in Boots"), and "La Belle au Bois Dormant" ("The Sleeping Beauty"). Because of this collection of short morality stories, Perrault is often credited with creating the literary genre of the fairy tale.
Other bilingual books available from Sleeping Cat Press: (PDF ebook versions also available)
"The Picture of Dorian Gray
Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine
Candide
Shakespeare's Sonnets
New Fairy Tales for Small Children
The Count of Monte Cristo (Unabridged)"

Alexandre Dumas, born in France in 1802, is one of the most widely read French authors in history. His novels of high adventure have been translated into nearly 100 languages and made into more than 200 movies. A very prolific author, Dumas's published works total more than 100,000 pages.
He died in 1870 and was buried in his birthplace of Villers-Cotterets. In 2002, the bicentennial of his birth, he was reinterred in the mausoleum of the Pantheon in Paris.
"Le Comte de Monte-Cristo," a classic literary tale of revenge, was first published in serial form in Paris, appearing in 18 volumes of the "Journal des Debats" from 1844-1845. It takes place in France, Italy, and the Mediterranean. The theme of the novel extends beyond revenge to encompass hope, justice, mercy, and forgiveness. As the characters of the story reveal their true selves through their actions over the course of the book, the reader also sees romance, loyalty, betrayal, and selfishness.
The unabridged form of this story runs to over 1,000 pages in either French or English, necessitating multiple volumes of this bilingual edition, which is designed to assist those learning French. The original French text appears on the right-hand pages of the book, with the corresponding English translation on the left-hand pages.
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Other bilingual books available from Sleeping Cat Books: (PDF ebook versions also available)
"The Picture of Dorian Gray
Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Fables of Jean de La Fontaine
Candide
Shakespeare's Sonnets
New Fairy Tales for Small Children
The Tales of Mother Goose
The Count of Monte Cristo (Vol. 1)"