A "Christmas Carol" and Other Christmas Writings

Penguin Classics give you the best possible editions of Charles Dickens' novels, including all the original illustrations, useful and informative introductions, the definitive, accurate text as it was meant to be published, a chronology of Dickens' life and notes that fill in the background to the book. Dickens' story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors, has proved one of his most well-loved works. Ever since it was published in 1843 it has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the traditions of Christmas. Dickens' other Christmas writings collected here include "The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton", the short story from "The Pickwick Papers" on which "A Christmas Carol" was based; "The Haunted Man", a tale of a man tormented by painful memories; along with shorter pieces, some drawn from the "Christmas Stories" that Dickens wrote annually for his weekly journals. In all of them Dickens celebrates the season as one of geniality, charity and remembrance.

ISBN 0140439056   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780140439052 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 248 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd   Published in London Imprint Penguin Classics   Series editor Ingham, Patricia Format Paperback   Series title Penguin Classics S. Publication date 30 Oct 2003   Previous ISBN 9780140430684 Writer of introduction Michael Slater   Height (mm) 198 Library of Congress PR4557   Width (mm) 129 DEWEY 823.8   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level General Pages 336   Alternative ISBN 9781606862230 Part volume And Other Christmas Writings

		A Dickens Chronology
		Introduction
		Further Reading
		A Note on the Texts
		Christmas Festivities		1
		The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton		7
		A Christmas Episode from Master Humphrey's Clock		20
		A Christmas Carol		27
		The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain		119
		A Christmas Tree		231
		What Christmas Is, As We Grow Older		248
		The Seven Poor Travellers		253
App. I		Dickens's Prefaces to Collected Editions of The Christmas Books		265
App. II		Dickens's Descriptive Headlines for A Christmas Carol and The Haunted Man		266
App. III		Dickens and The Arabian Nights		269
		Notes		273

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