A Christmas Carol York Notes GCSE English Literature Study Guide - for 2025, 2026 exams

York Notes’s New GCSE Study Notes and Revision Guide for Grades 9–1 will help you get to grips with all aspects of Dickens’s entertaining ghost story with a moral message. Find notes on the plot, characters, themes, context, imagery, and use of language. By familiarising yourself with these aspects of the novella you will give yourself the best opportunity of gaining high marks in your GCSE exam.

In order to impress an examiner you are likely to need to demonstrate, with appropriate quotation from the novella, your understanding of key characters such as Scrooge and the journey he takes through the book. You will need to distinguish between characters that Dickens develops, like Scrooge, and figures such as Ignorance and Want, which he uses to get across his message about society, poverty and education. The Notes will help you analyse the language Dickens uses and to understand his aim of entertaining his readers but also making them think about society and their own lives.

Get straight to the heart of the text with focused analysis and expert summaries Quickly demystify historical contexts and get to grips with the text's form, language and structure Efficiently unpick plots, contexts and themes and deepen your knowledge of quotations and characters Power up your essay-writing skills, master your memory of important facts and feel ready, prepared and fully equipped to sit your GCSE exam We take your success seriously, so if you're studying A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens for GCSE, York Notes is your best bet for better grades. Packed with more powerful grade-boosting features than any other guide, this essential A Christmas Carol companion is easy to use and suitable for AQA, Pearson Edexcel and all other GCSE (Grades 9-1) English Literature exams. Use it throughout your course and for last-minute revision to help you think, focus and face your exam with confidence. Why not use this Study Guide with the York Notes Workbook and Practice Papers for A Christmas Carol? Together, they're a powerful way to make sure you're on track for success. Just search for 9781292138077 for the Workbook and 9781292195407 for the AQA Practice Papers.

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