A CHRISTMAS CAROL IBD

Sinopsis

'Its impressive eloquence, its unfeigned lightness of heart, its playful and sparkling humour, its gentle spirit of humanity'áall put the reader 'in good humour with ourselves, with each other, with the season and with the author.' --áThe Illustrated London NewsáA Christmas Carol was 'a national benefit and to every man or woman who reads it, a personal kindness.' -áThackerayáContains John LeechâÇÖs original illustrations (b/w).áCharles Dickens wroteáA Christmas Caroláin six weeks, at the end of 1843, during a particularly intense time of creativity. He was suffering financial difficulties and was determined to have the manuscript ready for publication for the Christmas market. This book contains a clear copy of DickensâÇÖ one and only handwritten manuscript, with his revisions and corrections evident on every page. The revisions show how Dickens made the verbs become more active and reduced the number of words, thereby achieving greater immediacy and vividness. The manuscript was published on 19th December, 1843, and sold out on Christmas Eve, 1843.ááEbenezer Scrooge, a bitter miser, hates Christmas and everything it stands for, but the ghosts of Christmas past, Christmas present and Christmas future terrify him and thaw his frozen heart.áA Christmas Carol, first published in 1843, has captured the public imagination, and is now itself part of the Christmas tradition, warming the heart like mince pies and mulled wine.áThis edition contains John LeechâÇÖs eight original illustrations in black and white.áEssential reading wherever Christmas is celebrated.áCharles Dickensá(1812-1870) is generally considered the greatest English novelist of the Victorian era.áAt the centenary of his death, critical opinion placed him second only to Shakespeare. His many novels includeáDavid Copperfield,áBleak House,áA Tale of Two Cities,áGreat Expectations, andáOur Mutual Friend.áDickens enjoyed a wider popularity during his lifetime than any other author had. His work appealed to both the simple and the sophisticated and he rapidly achieved worldwide fame. His vividly detailed writing, his compassion, and his forensic depiction of his society and its shortcomings enriched his novels and made him both one of the great forces in nineteenth century literature and the conscience of his age.á