A Christmas Carol (Macmillan Collector's Library)
Price
$12.94
Format
Hardcover
Pages
144
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Publication Date
Reissue edition (November 1, 2016
ISBN-13
978-1509825448
Dimensions
4 x 0.7 x 6.15 inches
Weight
6.3 ounces
Description
Charles Dickens (1812-70) was an English writer, generally considered to be the greatest novelist of the Victorian period and responsible for some of English literature's most iconic novels and characters. He continues to be one of the best-known and most read of English authors, with multiple adaptations of his work frequently being produced.
Features & Highlights
- Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. When
- A Christmas Carol
- was first published in 1843 it was an overnight success, and set a precedent that was to be followed by other Christmas books, including
- The Chimes
- (1844) and
- The Cricket
- (1845). Each book was published at the same time of year, in the same format, and extolled similar values about the virtues of love, charity and the family unit. But none would achieve the cult status of
- A Christmas Carol
- , a book so popular it has become part of the landscape of the traditional Christmas, or produce a character as extraordinarily memorable. A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption and a critique on Victorian society, Dickens’ atmospheric novella follows the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as ‘humbug’. It is only through a series of eerie, life-changing visits from the ghost of his deceased business partner Marley and the spirits of Christmas past, present and future that he begins to see the error of his ways. With heart-rending characters, rich imagery and evocative language, the message of
- A Christmas Carol
- remains as significant today as when it was first published.Original illustrations by John Leech, with an afterword by Anna South.
