Classic Stories Stories for Christmas Episodes Episode guide
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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.
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The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe
Darkly intense story in which a man is haunted by his misdeeds.
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
A woman receives some bad news and has an unexpected response.
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The Signalman by Charles Dickens
Spooky story about suspicious happenings in a railway tunnel.
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The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde
Children's story in which a bad tempered giant learns not to be selfish.
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The Sealed Room by Arthur Conan Doyle
Solicitor Frank Alder meets a disturbed young man with a very strange inheritance.
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The Mezzotint by M R James
A museum curator notices an engraving changes each time he looks at it.
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The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
Sad Christmas story about a poor little girl who sells matches to pay for Christmas.
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The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
Children's story about a living statue's quest to help others.
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The Gift of the Magi by O Henry
Christmas story in which a poor, young married couple sacrifice everything to buy gifts.
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The Elves and the Shoemaker by the Brothers Grimm
Christmas story about a poor cobbler who gets some magical help to do his work.
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Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy
A lonely man receives divine inspiration in a dream and spends Christmas helping others.
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Christmas Storms and Sunshine by Elizabeth Gaskell
Christmas story in which warring neighbours make peace.
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At Christmas Time by Anton Chekhov
An illiterate couple worry when their daughter doesn't reply to their letters.
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A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield
A woman bumps into an ex-lover and wonders if she has made a mistake.
