A Christmas Carol (Collins Classics)

Name: A Christmas Carol (Collins Classics)
Rating: 3.9482758045196533 (174 reviews)

Charles Dickens

June 2010 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

3.9

174 reviews

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144

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HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.

'I am the Ghost of Christmas Present,' said the Spirit. 'Look upon me!'

A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption and a critique on Victorian society, Dickens' atmospheric novella follows the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as 'humbug'. It is only through a series of eerie, life-changing visits from the ghost of his deceased business partner Marley and the spirits of Christmas past, present and future that he begins to see the error of his ways. With heart-rending characters, rich imagery and evocative language, the message of A Christmas Carol remains as significant today as when it was first published.

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3.9

174 reviews

terrince autry

30 December 2012

Classic Dickens, well represented by the George C. Scott version of Scrooge in the TV version of the book from the 80s. Simply marvelous!

Raghava Simhan

21 October 2019

This book gave a new dimension to our view of our life and how to live the remainder of it.

Simon Williams

16 December 2015

Great read... Christmas or not.

About the author

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and grew up in poverty. This experience influenced ‘Oliver Twist’, the second of his fourteen major novels, which first appeared in 1837. When he died in 1870, he was buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey as an indication of his huge popularity as a novelist, which endures to this day.

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