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A short summary of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of A Christmas Carol.
A Christmas Carol is one of Dickens' most enduring and well-loved tales. He wrote it in six weeks, and it was originally published in the Christmas of 1843. It evokes perfectly the sensations of a Victorian Christmas, but its lasting appeal lies in its power to speak to us today, 170 years later.
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in six weeks during October and November 1843, and the novella (technically, it is not counted among his novels) appeared just in time for Christmas, on 19 December. The book’s effect was immediate.
Dec 24, 2007 · Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870: Illustrator: Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939: ISBN: 0-397-00033-2 Title: A Christmas Carol Original Publication: Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1915 Note: Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #46 (Original First Edition Cover; 1843 Original Illustrations in Color by John Leech)
Charles Dickens. Free Public Domain E-Books from the Classic Literature Library. A Christmas Carol Page 01. A CHRISTMAS CAROL. by Charles Dickens. I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
Jan 3, 2024 · Dickens called his little Christmas book a carol; carol being a song or ballad of joy celebrating the birth of Christ. He carries the pretense further by calling the chapters staves; a stave being an archaic form of stanza or verse of a song.
Sep 20, 2006 · A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… In Children's Literature. In Christmas. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
