A Christmas Carol: An Engaging Visual Journey

Charles Dickens

Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2021 - Fiction - 160 pages

Rediscover this beloved Christmas allegory in a stunning new way.

For the first time, Charles Dickens's classic work is a heartwarming, mixed-media special edition complete with charming Victorian English-inspired watercolor paintings, decorative hand-lettering, vintage imagery, and space for journaling and reflection. As you read and connect with this unique, artfully-designed Visual Journey, its pages become a reminder that Christmas should be a time of goodwill to everybody―both the Cratchits and the Scrooges of the world!

The high-spirited, generous-hearted Dickens reminds readers that wealth does not make Christmas happy, and that poverty and isolation need not make it miserable. Since its publication in 1843, A Christmas Carol has inspired millions of people to have compassion and love for the poor, the lonely, and the marginalized.

This illustrated Visual Journey edition features:

• 80 full-color paintings, engravings, and hand-lettered quotes
• Additional holiday short stories like "The Gift of the Magi" (O. Henry) and "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" (Arthur Conan Doyle)
• Festive recipes for the whole family
• Lyrics and sheet music for 8 traditional Christmas carols

Be immersed in this timeless tale of generosity, joy, second chances, and the Christmas spirit.

About the author

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Christmas Carol: An Engaging Visual Journey; Living expressions collection; Visual Journey Series
• Author: Charles Dickens
• Illustrated by: Jill De Haan
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2021
• ISBN: 1496449975, 9781496449979
• Length: 160 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Christian / Classic & Allegory; Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Holidays