| Christmas Books Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author), Watts, Cedric (Introduction by), Landseer, Edward (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1853262684 ISBN-13: 9781853262685 Publisher: Wordsworth Editions OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: 823.8 |
| Lexile Measure: 1050 |
| Series: Wordsworth Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.9" W x 7.7" (0.55 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With illustrations by Edward Landseer, Daniel Maclise, Clarkson Stanfield, Frank Stone, Richard Doyle, John Leech and John Tenniel, and with a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. In these five long stories, written specifically for Christmas, Dickens combines his concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional seasonal lore. A Christmas Carol, the first of the selection, has become a touchstone of English festive fiction and an enduring favourite internationally. Repeatedly adapted, parodied, staged and filmed, this richly influential tale is powerfully vivid and moving. The other stories, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man, blend whimsy, sentiment, comedy, satire, the didactic and the fantastic, developing resourcefully the theme of individual and social regeneration. |