A Christmas Carol: A Timeless Classic Sprinkled with Timeless Wisdom

Charles Dickens

jul 2011. · Destiny Image Publishers

O ovoj e-knjizi

Written originally by Charles Dickens in 1843, A Christmas Carol has been adapted over the years for the stage, big screen, cartoons, and every imaginable entertainment venue possible. The truths revealed through Scrooge, Marley, and his three ghosts are timeless and touch the hearts of everyone treated to its sincerity.

This version of the beloved book is interspersed with "life lessons" concise enough to share in a moment-compelling enough to be remembered for a lifetime. These meaningful contemporary maxims are ideal conversation-starters for families or small groups.

Whether gathered around the fireplace, studying literature, or with your family crowded around the kitchen table, A Christmas Carol fosters appreciation for the arts and provides priceless opportunities to affirm and encourage the highest aspirations.

Predicted to become a prized possession, A Christmas Carol will be passed down through generations, revisited regularly, and remembered into old age.

From "Bah! Humbug!" to Tiny Tim's "God bless us, every one!," you will be encouraged and inspired to live life sensitive to others, sharing your blessings, and enjoying the love of others.

O autoru

Charles Dickens, perhaps the best British novelist of the Victorian era, was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on February 7, 1812. His happy early childhood was interrupted when his father was sent to debtors' prison, and young Dickens had to go to work in a factory at age twelve. Later, he took jobs as an office boy and journalist before publishing essays and stories in the 1830s. His first novel, The Pickwick Papers, made him a famous and popular author at the age of twenty-five. Subsequent works were published serially in periodicals and cemented his reputation as a master of colorful characterization, and as a harsh critic of social evils and corrupt institutions. His many books include Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836, and the couple had nine children before separating in 1858 when he began a long affair with Ellen Ternan, a young actress. Despite the scandal, Dickens remained a public figure, appearing often to read his fiction. He died in 1870, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished.