A Christmas Carol Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author), Kelly, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1551114763 ISBN-13: 9781551114767 Publisher: Broadview Press Inc OUR PRICE: $15.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2008540345 |
Lexile Measure: 900 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.60 lbs) 239 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Holiday - Christmas |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 reprints the first edition(1843) with original drawings by John Leech. This edition also includes Washington Irving's descriptions of English Christmas customs; essays by Dickens on Christmas and on life in the 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. |