Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

Herausgeber: Slater, Michael

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Produktbeschreibung

Features "Christmas Carol" that had a significant influence upon our ideas about the Christmas spirit, and about the season as a time for celebration, charity, and memory.

Produktdetails

• Penguin Clothbound Classics
• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 273047
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Altersempfehlung: ab 0 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 444g
• ISBN-13: 9780141195858
• ISBN-10: 0141195851
• Artikelnr.: 30206848

Autorenporträt

Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter, journalist and novelist. His novels include Great Expectations, David Copperfield and Bleak House.

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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