Volume IX contains Dickens HARD TIMES, published in weekly installment beginning April 1, 1854. Also contains his Christmas Story THE SEVEN POOR TRAVELERS. 

THE SEVEN POOR TRAVELERS - The story centers around a visit to the Richard Watts Charity in Rochester, which provides lodging and small sums of money to six poor travelers each Christmas. The narrator, who is the seventh traveler, observes and interacts with the other six, learning their stories and sharing a meal with them

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