Synopses & Reviews
The final volume in the Everymans Library Charles Dickens collection: the timeless story of everyones favorite misanthrope, Ebenezer Scrooge, together with four more of Dickenss Christmas tales and with Arthur Rackhams classic illustrations.
No holiday season is complete without the story of tightfisted Mr. Scrooge, of his long-suffering and mild-mannered clerk, Bob Cratchit, of Bobs kindhearted lame son, Tiny Tim, and of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future.
First published in 1843, A Christmas Carol was republished in 1852 in a new edition with four other Christmas stories—The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, and The Haunted Man. These beloved tales revived the notion of the Christmas “spirit”—and have kept it alive ever since.
Synopsis
Bah Humbug That's how Ebeneezer Scrooge feels about Christmas--until the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future decide to show the crotchety old miser the error of his ways. Together they travel through time, revisiting all the people who have played an important role in Scrooge's life. And as their journey concludes, Scrooge is reminded of what it means to have love in his heart, and what the true spirit of Christmas is all about. A timeless story the whole family will enjoy
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Synopsis
A beautiful hardcover edition of the timeless story of everyone's favorite misanthrope, Ebenezer Scrooge, together with four more of Dickens's Christmas tales and with Arthur Rackham's classic illustrations. With an introuduction by Margaret Atwood. No holiday season is complete without the story of tightfisted Mr. Scrooge, of his long-suffering and mild-mannered clerk, Bob Cratchit, of Bob's kindhearted lame son, Tiny Tim, and of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future.
First published in 1843, A Christmas Carol was republished in 1852 in a new edition with four other Christmas stories--The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, and The Haunted Man. These beloved tales revived the notion of the Christmas "spirit"--and have kept it alive ever since.
Synopsis
This collection from Everymans Library provides the greatest works from one of the literary worlds most legendary authors. Each of Charles Dickenss masterpieces is filled with compellingly and masterfully written prose, an adept understanding of human nature, and some of literatures most iconic characters. These beautiful, clothbound classics are essentials for any home library.
Titles included:
Bleak House
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist
A Tale of Two Cities
About the Author
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in Portsmouth, England, and died in 1870.
Margaret Atwood lives in Toronto.
Table of Contents
Introduction by Margaret AtwoodSelect Bibliography
Chronology
CHRISTMAS BOOKS
Preface
A Christmas Carol
The Chimes
The Cricket on the Hearth
The Battle of Life
The Haunted Man