A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas (Illustrated and Annotated)

by Charles Dickens

Overview

A Christmas Carol is a novella by author Charles Dickens, first published by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843. It tells the story of bitter old miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation resulting from supernatural visits by Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim.
This edition has been formatted for your NOOK, with an active table of contents. It has also been annotated, with additional information about the book and its author, including an overview, sources, plot information, and themes.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150476370
Publisher:	Bronson Tweed Publishing
Publication date:	11/19/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented popularity, and by the twentieth century he was widely seen as a literary genius by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington