Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

Mitarbeit:Slater, Michael

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Produktbeschreibung

Tells the story of the solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas. This title also includes: "The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton", and the short story from "The Pickwick Papers" on which "A Christmas Carol" was based.

Produktdetails

• A Penguin Classics Hardcover
• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 41694
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 260g
• ISBN-13: 9780140439052
• ISBN-10: 0140439056
• Artikelnr.: 12330215

Autorenporträt

Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter, journalist & novelist. His novels include Great Expectations, David Copperfield & Bleak House. Michael Slater is Emeritus Professor at Birkbeck College, London & a past President of the Dickens Fellowship & the Dickens Society of America.

Inhaltsangabe

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas WritingsA Dickens Chronology
Introduction
Further Reading
A Note on the Texts
Christmas Festivities
The Story Of The Goblins Who Stole A Sexton
A Christmas Episode From Master Humphrey's Clock
A Christmas Carol
The Haunted Man And The Ghost's Bargain
A Christmas Tree
What Christmas Is, As We Grow Older
The Seven Poor Travellers
Appendix I: Dickens's Prefaces to Collected Editions of The Christmas Books
Appendix II: Dickens's Descriptive Headlines for A Christmas Carol and The
Haunted Man
Appendix III: Dickens and The Arabian Nights
Notes

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