A Christmas Carol Deluxe Gift Edition

By Charles Dickens

Book Overview

Charles Dickens' timeless novella, A Christmas Carol, is a ghost story that celebrates the Christmas spirit through its iconic characters -- Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.

Our elegant gift edition features Arthur Rackham's classic illustrations.With archival-quality printing, this compact volume is designed for both portability and longevity.The perfect book to read by the fire on Christmas Eve A must for the home library.Hardcover gift edition with dust jacket.Gilded-gold page edges.Book measures 4-1/2'' wide x 7-1/2'' high.128 pages.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic. Over his lifetime, he wrote 15 novels, 5 novellas, and hundreds of short stories, including Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and A Christmas Carol. His many works touched on themes of child welfare, education, and justice. He is remembered as one of the most well-regarded novelists of the Victorian era. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was famed for his pen-and-ink drawings to which he added watercolor. A leading figure of the Golden Age of British book illustration, he was especially renowned for his fantasy illustrations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441339701
• ISBN13: 9781441339706
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Peter Pauper Press Inc.
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.6" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Love this book!

A beautiful description of the spririt of christmas! Charles Dickens masterfully reflects on human nature and repentance.

A totally decent classic, recommend trying the audio too

I don't think I've ever read this one before - which is kind of shocking! I really enjoyed it, going in knowing the basic premise, and having seen it performed (and A Muppet Christmas Carol of course!). I have been making it a goal to read more Classics, even though I think they are overrated, because they are such a well-known, referenced thing, that I wanted to see more of the original works. I read Little Women at the beginning of the year, and when Tiny Tim was talked about all I could think about was Beth. Sweet, sickly, using the death/potential of death as a plot device, and I'm not sure how I feel about that, but I did find it interesting to think about. I listed to the Tim Curry narration of this, and that was amazing, definitely recommend the audio for this.

Classic Story

Charles Dickens is one of my all-time favourite authors. He depicts character, people, and life in such vivid colours that you almost feel a part of the story. This is a great book to read during the Christmas holidays. I've always loved reading it, listening to the audio book or watching the old black and white film. It's a must-have for any home library.

Even the Blind Mans Dog avoided Scrooge!

This is the most heartwarming story EVER written about Yuletide, the story is truly magical. It captures the very essence of what Christmas is all about. I like to start reading it every December, just to get into that "Christmassy" mood, it's a lot more effective then "Bottled" Christmas spirits. But let us not forget as the author is at pains to point out; Marley was dead,.... to begin with. ~~~~ "I am the Ghost of Christmas Past." "Long Past?" inquired Scrooge: observant of its dwarsfish stature. "No. Your past." (One of many simple but great lines, that stay with you when you've finished.) Reading this story certainly changed my life, and saved me the need for three visits! "God bless us everyone".

A Part of Western Culture

Critiquing Dickens' Christmas Carol is a misnomer. Rather, it is Dickens who critiques us with this masterwork. A Christmas Carol has burrowed into the very heart of our Western Culture to where few people would be confused if you referred to someone as a "Scrooge," that is to say a skinflint, miser. Aside from presenting us with some of the most memorable images in literature as Scrooge is taken by the Ghosts of the Past, Present and Future to review his life and probable ending, we are brought along with his and given opportunity to review those elements in our own lives. A Christmas Carol was not just a nice story of the Christmas Season to give warmth and cheer. Far from it! Dickens had an agenda. Just as in his other famous works, like Oliver Twist and David Copperfield, Dickens longed to make a social statement to draw attention to the poor in England, their plight and hardship. A Christmas Carol is about Scrooge as a person, but also as representing a class of the wealthy whose abundance is wrested from the large working poor such as Cratchett and his family. THEY are the point. THEY are the ones Dickens sought to draw to public attention. Heaven help us is we simply see this book as nostalgia and fail to see the point Dickens had to make then and which still applies today!

This book is just fabulous!

This is one of the best stories ever written. Ebenezer Scrooge, is the biggest grouch on the world, almost murdering carolers that come to his door for the fact he just can't stand to be Merry, even at Christmas time. The 3 Ghosts (Ghost of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmases to Come) take him to it's own time space, and show him how the Christmas was, and the funeral of Scrooge, only to find that he was unliked and hated, so that no one came to the funeral. This is a truly inspiring story, so I greatly encourage you to get this!