| A Christmas Carol and Other Stories Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author), Irving, John (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0375758887 ISBN-13: 9780375758881 Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch) OUR PRICE: $10.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: An immediate bestseller when it was first published in December 1843, A Christmas Carol has endured ever since as a perennial Yuletide favorite. Charles Dickens's beloved tale about the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who comes to know the meaning of kindness, charity, and goodwill through a haunting Christmas Eve encounter with four ghosts, is a heartwarming celebration of the spirit of Christmas. This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition also includes two other popular Christmas stories by Dickens: "The Chimes, in which a man, persuaded by hypocritical cant that the poor deserve their misery, is shown what his pessimistic resignation might lead to in a vision conjured by the pealing of bells, and "The Haunted Man, Dickens's last Christmas tale, which features one of his great comic families, the Tetterbys. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001042574 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.24" W x 7.98" (0.68 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Holiday - Christmas |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 109407 Reading Level: 7.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An immediate bestseller when it was first published in December 1843, A Christmas Carol has endured ever since as a perennial Yuletide favorite. Charles Dickens's beloved tale about the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who comes to know the meaning of kindness, charity, and goodwill through a haunting Christmas Eve encounter with four ghosts, is a heartwarming celebration of the spirit of Christmas. This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition also includes two other popular Christmas stories by Dickens: The Chimes, in which a man, persuaded by hypocritical cant that the poor deserve their misery, is shown what his pessimistic resignation might lead to in a vision conjured by the pealing of bells, and The Haunted Man, Dickens's last Christmas tale, which features one of his great comic families, the Tetterbys. |