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A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings (Penguin Hardcover Classics)by Charles Dickens
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This new selection of Dickens's Christmas writings confirms his lasting influence upon our idea of the Christmas spirit: that Christmas is a time for celebration, charity, and memory. In addition to the beloved A Christmas Carol, this volume includes such festive works as "Christmas Festivities," "The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton," "A Christmas Tree," "The Seven Poor Travellers," The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, and a Christmas episode from Master Humphrey's Clock. Synopsis:Dicken's Christmas writings-in a new, sumptuous, and delightful clothbound edition. Dickens's classic A Christmas Carol has had significant influence on our ideas about the Christmas spirit, and the season as a time for celebration, charity, and memory. This handsome edition features appendices on A Christmas Carol and The Haunted Man, an essay on Dickens and The Arabian Nights, and Dickens's prefaces to the collected editions of the Christmas books. Description:With splendid packaging created by acclaimed designer Coralie Bickford-Smith (Great Books for Boys series), Penguin Classics presents beautiful hardcover editions of the world's favorite books. Featuring gorgeous patterns stamped on linen cases, colored endpapers, and ribbon markers, these are rich and sumptuous volumes that continue what will be one of the most coveted sets of books ever produced.
About the AuthorCharles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Landport, Portsea, England. He died in Kent on June 9, 1870. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know not only hunger and privation, but also the horror of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. A turn of fortune in the shape of a legacy brought release from the nightmare of prison and "slave" factories and afforded Dickens the opportunity of two years' formal schooling at Wellington House Academy. He worked as an attorney's clerk and newspaper reporter until his Sketches by Boz (1836) and The Pickwick Papers (1837) brought him the amazing and instant success that was to be his for the remainder of his life. In later years, the pressure of serial writing, editorial duties, lectures, and social commitments led to his separation from Catherine Hogarth after twenty-three years of marriage. It also hastened his death at the age of fifty-eight, when he was characteristically engaged in a multitude of work.
Table of ContentsA Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings A Dickens Chronology Introduction Further Reading A Note on the Texts Christmas Festivities The Story Of The Goblins Who Stole A Sexton A Christmas Episode From Master Humphrey's Clock A Christmas Carol The Haunted Man And The Ghost's Bargain A Christmas Tree What Christmas Is, As We Grow Older The Seven Poor Travellers Appendix I: Dickens's Prefaces to Collected Editions of The Christmas Books Appendix II: Dickens's Descriptive Headlines for A Christmas Carol and The Haunted Man Appendix III: Dickens and The Arabian Nights Notes What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
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