A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Broadview Press, 12 mar. 2003 - 239 páginas

Emerging from Dickens’s preoccupation in the early 1840s with issues of poverty, ignorance, and cruelty, this classic story of Ebeneezer Scrooge, visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve, was first published in 1843 to strong reviews and popular success. The Broadview edition uses the first edition with original drawings by John Leech.

This edition also includes Washington Irving’s descriptions of English Christmas customs; essays by Dickens on Christmas, and his essay “A Walk in a Workhouse”; a British government report on the lives of child labourers; a speech by Dickens on the importance of educating the poor; selected letters; contemporary reviews; and a listing of film, television, and radio adaptations of the book.

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A great gift to give to each mamber of our small group Bible study. We used this in conjuction with the DVD of George C Scott in A Christmas Carol to compare hollywood to the original writing ...

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I enjoyed this book very much. Scrooge is a great redemptive story so full of hope.

Índice

• Acknowledgments: 7
• Introduction: 9
• A Brief Chronology: 31
• A Note on the Text: 33
• A Christmas Carol: 35
• Reflections on Christmas: 127
• 2 Charles Dickens A Christmas Dinner 1836: 138
• 3 Charles Dickens from The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 183637: 142
• 4 Thomas K Hervey from The Book of Christmas 1837: 154
• 5 John Calcott HorsleySir Henry Cole The First Christmas Card 1843: 167
• 6 Charles Dickens A Christmas Tree 1850: 168
• 7 Charles Dickens What Christmas Is As We Grow Older 1851: 182
• Child Labor Education and the Workhouse: 187
• Manchester October 5 1843: 197
• 3 Charles Dickens A Walk in the Workhouse 1850: 201
• From Letters of Charles Dickens: 208
• Contemporary Reviews of A Christmas Carol: 221
• 2 Anon Athenaeum December 23 1843: 223
• 4 Laman Blanchard Ainsworths Magazine January 1844: 226
• 5 Anon The Times January 7 1844: 230
• 6 William Makepeace Thackeray Frasers Magazine February 1844: 231
• Notable Film Television and Radio Adaptations of A Christmas Carol: 233
• Select Bibliography: 238

Sobre el autor

Richard Kelly is a Professor of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is the editor of the Broadview edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (2000).

Información bibliográfica

• Título: A Christmas Carol; Broadview Editions; Broadview literary texts
• Autor: Charles Dickens
• Editor: Richard Kelly
• Edición: ilustrada, reimpresa
• Editor: Broadview Press, 2003
• ISBN: 1551114763, 9781551114767
• N.º de páginas: 239 páginas