Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9781440423918
ISBN number: 1440423911
Label: CreateSpace
Manufacturer: CreateSpace
Page Count: 62
Printing Date: September 22, 2008
Publishing house: CreateSpace
Release Date: September 22, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 33924
Studio: CreateSpace
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This is a beautiful new edition of Charles Dickens' most beloved story, 'A Christmas Carol.' Large format (6'x9'), printed on high quality paper.
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I have read this story before when I was younger. I like the way this book is formatted though. Its a easy story to read and understand. I like how it gives a message of appreciation to the simple stuff in life and to not take everything for granted. I really love reading this during the holidays.
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Very nice format than other types of books. Fast shipping and good customer service.
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Dickens, it's said, created the British image of Christmas.
It would be a ridiculous but interesting challenge to name the world's most successful or influential work of fiction, but if it were attempted, this novella would be a strong contender. Crafted with all the brilliant wit and imagery of which Dickens was capable, it chronicles the redemption of an aging skinflint, rendered bitter and cruel by his passion for money, to whom life has become a trudge towards the grave.
Joy and love Ebenezer Scrooge has barred from his life, and for this, as his dead partner's ghost warns him, he is doomed to wander the Earth after death, chained by his hoarded loot. Yet he is to be rescued by the spirit - spirits actually: three of them - that burn hot and bright with forgiveness and hope amid the snow and of this darkest, final month.
Dickens wrote this tale as a protest in 1843, against the even then growing obsession with material wealth, and neglect of life's freely given riches. Tnd yesterday its message is as strong and apt as ever. To me, Christmas has not arrived until I've seen it told yet again in one of its many film adaptations, be it the grey & white 1951 version starring Alastair Sim, or one of the later versions in which George C. Scott, Albert Finney, Patrick Stewart and many others have portrayed the old miser. This rich and unashamed snatch at our heartstrings never fails to pluck mine.
Graham Worthington, Author, Wake of the Raven
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Ebenezer Scrooge is a bitter, miserly old man who is visited by the ghost of his old partner, Jacob Marley. Marley warns Scrooge that three ghosts will visit him and give him one last chance of redemption.
The three ghosts of Christmas (Past, Present, and Yet to Come) convince Scrooge to change his ways and to rediscover the kind and generous man he was as a young man.
A true Christmas classic and the only Dickens novel that I LOVE.
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A greater classic of literature and Christmas there is not. This novel is a terrific story on the benefits of improving your character and taking into consideration all those around you. The story was a quick and joyful read that also happened to be the very first time I have read this well-known classic. Although, I knew the story quite well through the various televised versions one finds every year I was still surprised to notice many scenes which I had never witnessed in the filmed productions.
I am happy to now say that I have read the story and been retold that people of all ages and of all wealths can always do more to improve their method of treating others. Using a period of great festiveness such as Christmas can be a terrific starting point to be conscience in aiding and helping others when you have something to spare. Oftentimes, a person doesn't realize their fault at mistreating their friends or families and very much regret their actions later in life. This is a very tragic and unfortunate occurrence which I am sure all would like to avoid. This story emits beautifully the true meanings of family, friends and Christmas which now are sometimes lost in the materialistic and commercial acquiring frenzy that Christmas often has a tendency to be. Just another example why Dickens, despite claims that this story was a simple potboiler story for him to pay debts, is still among the greatest authors of the English language. Other than Santa Claus, few are as memorable and well-known with regard to Christmas as that of the irritable and miserly Scrooge.
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