A Christmas Carol

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Penguin
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2010
Edition: Reprint

Description: 116 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. It was first published by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843. It tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation resulting from a supernatural visit by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come.The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. The book was written and published in early Victorian era Britain, a period when there was strong nostalgia for old Christmas traditions together with the introduction of new customs, such as Christmas trees and greeting cards. Dickens sources for the tale appear to be many and varied, but are, principally, the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor, and various Christmas stories and fairy tales.

ISBN: 9780141194745