A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
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Charles Dickens
'Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding'Dickens's story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors, has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the season. Dickens's other Christmas writings collected here include 'The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton'; 'The Haunted Man'; and shorter pieces, some drawn from the 'Christmas Stories' that Dickens wrote annually for his weekly journals. In all of them Dickens celebrates Christmas as a time of geniality, charity and remembrance.Edited with an introduction by MICHAEL SLATER
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Author
Charles Dickens
Pages
336
Publisher
Penguin UK
Published Date
2003-10-30
ISBN
0141934735 9780141934730
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"It’s Dickens and seemed like a good thing to do during this unusual Christmas season. Really enjoyed the Christmas Carol reading what I’ve seen as a play many a time. And the other stories of the season were new to me! Merry merry!!"
Jackie Davidson
"A perfect holiday, and historical read. I went through the audiobook and then a lecture course on it. It was ahead of its time in how it subjects the reader to economic disparities but gives a humorous juxtaposition to Scrooge’s negativity. "
Monica Maniatakos