A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories (Fall River Press Edition)

by Charles Dickens

Overview

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories is a gift box full of Dickens's writings and reflections on the Yuletide season. It includes the full text of A Christmas Carol, featuring all eight illustrations from the first edition by John Leech, the artist who gave fanciful form to Dickens' vision of Scrooge, Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit, and the spirits of Christmas. In addition, it includes "The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton," a tale told over Christmas dinner in the young Dickens' Pickwick Papers, as well as the holiday celebrations "A Christmas Dinner," "A Christmas Tree," and "What Christmas Is as We Grow Older."

With A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings, you can celebrate the holiday season each time you dip into its pages. This unique collection of Charles Dickens' writings is filled with holiday cheer that can be savored all the year round.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781435140479
Publisher:	Fall River Press
Publication date:	11/15/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
Sales rank:	512,973
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is one of the best-selling authors of all time and A Christmas Carol is among his best-known and most loved works. Many of his works feature Christmas themes, notably The Cricket on the Hearth, The Chimes, The Battle of Life, and The Haunted Man and the Ghost¹s Bargain, as well numerous shorter stories and sketches.

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