A Christmas Carol
$40.56
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
25 November 1994
Summary
The most popular of all ghost stories was first published on 17 December 1843, and by Christmas Eve 6,000 copies had been sold at a published price of five shillings. The story of Scrooge, a miser who becomes a different man when he is presented with visions of past, present and future by Marley’s ghost, was an immediate success and has remained so ever since. It is a book to read on Christmas Eve beside a blazing fire - and the best introduction to Dickens for young readers not quite ready f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857159288 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1857159284 |
| Author: | Charles Dickens, Arthur Rackham |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library Children's Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 25 November 1994 |
| Weight: | 356g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 163mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS |
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About The Author
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was born in Hampshire on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office, who was well paid but often ended up in financial troubles. When Dickens was twelve years old he was sent to work in a shoe polish factory because his family had been taken to the debtors’ prison. Fagin is named after a boy Dickens disliked at the factory. His career as a writer of fiction started in 1833 when his short stories and essays began to appear in periodicals. The Pickwick Papers, his first commercial success, was published in 1836. In the same year he married the daughter of his friend George Hogarth, Catherine Hogarth. The serialisation of Oliver Twist began in 1837 while The Pickwick Papers was still running. Many other novels followed and The Old Curiosity Shop brought Dickens international fame and he became a celebrity in America as well as Britain. He separated from his wife in 1858. Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870, leaving his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.
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