A Christmas Carol and Two Other Christmas Books (Worth Press Classics) - Hardcover

Charles Dickens

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849310025 ISBN 13: 9781849310024

Publisher: Worth Press Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

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 on the Hearth" (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 English Christmas, or produce a character as extraordinarily memorable as Ebenezer Scrooge. Misers the world over meet their match in this most committed of miserable skinflints, but even Scrooge is not beyond being saved by the magically redemptive powers of the three spirits that visit him one night.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 near Portsmouth, where his father worked as a clerk. Living in London in 1824, Dickens was sent by his family to work in a blacking-warehouse, and his father was arrested and imprisoned for debt. Fortunes improved and Dickens returned to school, eventually becoming a parliamentary reporter. His first piece of fiction was published by a magazine in December 1832, and by 1836 he had begun his first novel, The Pickwick Papers. He focused his career on writing, completing fourteen highly successful novels, as well as penning journalism, shorter fiction and travel books. He died in 1870.

About this edition

• Publisher: Worth Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1849310025
• ISBN 13: 9781849310024
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264