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A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

by Charles Dickens

Publication Year
2003
Language
English
Pages
323
File Size
3.7 MB
ISBN
0140439056

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings Summary

An alternate cover for this isbn can be found [128]here. ‘Merry Christmas!…every idiot who goes about with “Merry Christmas” on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding’ Dickens’ story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors, has proved one of his most well-loved works. Ever since it was published in 1843 it has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the traditions of Christmas. Dickens’ other Christmas writings collected here include ‘The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton’, the short story from The Pickwick Papers on which A Christmas Carol was based; The Haunted Man, a tale of a man tormented by painful memories; along with shorter pieces, some drawn from the ‘Christmas Stories’ that Dickens wrote annually for his weekly journals. In all of them Dickens celebrates the season as one of geniality, charity and remembrance. This new selection contains an introduction by distinguished Dickens scholar Michael Slater discussing how the author has shaped ideas about the Christmas spirit, an appendix on Dickens’ use of The Arabian Nights, a further reading list and explanatory notes.

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