Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean old man with no place in his heart for others, not even his clerk's feeble son, Tiny Tim. One freezing cold Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of an old associate, and they embark on an eerie nighttime journey. The Christmas spirits are here to show Scrooge the error of his nasty ways. By visiting his past, present, and future, will Scrooge learn to love Christmas and those around him?
The cheerful poverty of the Cratchit family in A Christmas Carol, is a sure-fire tear-jerker. At one public reading by Dickens in Boston, there were "so many pocket handkerchiefs it looked as if a snowstorm had gotten into the hall" Sunday Express
It has it all: a spooky ghost story, a heartwarming redemption and a great plot with a satisfyingly happy ending The Times
A story which, perhaps more than any other, sums up the spirit of the British Christmas Sunday Telegraph
One of the great achievements of British culture D.J. Taylor
But that story endures and retains the power to move us because it speaks to the human heart, and gives us hope when hope is fading Tony Parsons, Mirror
A little masterpiece...irresistible Sunday Express
After 150 years still have the power to fascinate readers Contemporary Review
Beautifully written and this re-designed cover is stunning Devon Life
It has it all: a spooky ghost story, a heartwarming redemption and a great plot with a satisfyingly happy ending The Times
A story which, perhaps more than any other, sums up the spirit of the British Christmas Sunday Telegraph
One of the great achievements of British culture D.J. Taylor
But that story endures and retains the power to move us because it speaks to the human heart, and gives us hope when hope is fading Tony Parsons, Mirror
A little masterpiece...irresistible Sunday Express
After 150 years still have the power to fascinate readers Contemporary Review
Beautifully written and this re-designed cover is stunning Devon Life