A Christmas Carol - Softcover

Dickens, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193416903X ISBN 13: 9781934169032

Publisher: Norilana Books, 2006

Synopsis

The warm nostalgic spirit of the holidays shines in this deluxe holiday gift edition.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a perennial family classic populated by such unforgettable characters as Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and the Three Spirits of Christmas -- beginning with a "Bah! Humbug!" and culminating in an ultimate discovery of grace and good cheer.

And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!

About this title

Product Description:

Christmas Carol

Review:

"Few of the many interpretations of Dickens's holiday parable can match this handsome edition for atmosphere, mood and sheer elegance. Innocenti's full-page watercolors are striking, full-bodied evocations of 19th-century London, particularly the life and vigor of the city's streets: merchants sell their wares, urchins tumble and play, the gentry ride in their carriages, and the destitute huddle in doorways and keep warm at makeshift stoves. At the same time, the paintings' realism, dramatic intensity, occasional luminosity and almost microscopic observation of detail strongly recall the exquisite art of the Italian Renaissance. Their stateliness is carried through in the book's design: each page of text is boxed with fine sepia rules, overlaid with a delicate, gradually fading wash, and topped by a single, modest ornament. The effect suggests an old manuscript or parchment--one that, every so often, opens a splendid pictorial window on the world of this classic narrative. For all its elegance, however, this is a somber and unsentimental view of Dickens's world. The beautiful and the sordid, the good and the malevolent, are never far apart --a concept that is powerfully suggested through the frequent use of high, oddly angled perspectives, as if readers, along with Scrooge and the spirits, are privy to telling glimpses of life skimmed from above. All ages." - Publisher's Weekly

"A handsome, worthy addition to holiday reading traditions." - --School Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Norilana Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 193416903X
• ISBN 13: 9781934169032
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116