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| Original Title: | A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth |
| ISBN: | 1593080336 (ISBN13: 9781593080334) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Christmas Books #1-3 |
| Characters: | Timothy Cratchit, Scrooge |
| Setting: | United Kingdom |
Charles Dickens
Paperback | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 4.13 | 55914 Users | 360 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth (The Christmas Books #1-3) |
| Author | : | Charles Dickens |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Barnes & Noble Classics Series |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | March 25th 2004 by Barnes Noble Classics (first published December 19th 1843) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Holiday. Christmas. Literature. Short Stories. Fantasy. Classic Literature |
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A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and The Cricket on the Hearth, by Charles Dickens, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.
Generations of readers have been enchanted by Dickens’s A Christmas Carol—the most cheerful ghost story ever written, and the unforgettable tale of Ebenezer Scrooge’s moral regeneration. Written in just a few weeks, A Christmas Carol famously recounts the plight of Bob Cratchit, whose family finds joy even in poverty, and the transformation of his miserly boss Scrooge as he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future.
From Scrooge’s “Bah!” and “Humbug!” to Tiny Tim’s “God bless us every one!” A Christmas Carol shines with warmth, decency, kindness, humility, and the value of the holidays. But beneath its sentimental surface, A Christmas Carol offers another of Dickens’s sharply critical portraits of a brutal society, and an inspiring celebration of the possibility of spiritual, psychological, and social change.
This new volume collects Dickens’s three most renowned “Christmas Books,” including The Chimes, a New Year’s tale, and The Cricket on the Hearth, whose eponymous creature remains silent during sorrow and chirps amid happiness.
Katharine Kroeber Wiley, the daughter of a scholar and a sculptor, has a degree in English Literature from Occidental College. Her work has appeared in Boundary Two and the recent book, Lore of the Dolphin. She is currently working on a book on Victorian Christmas writings.
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Ratings: 4.13 From 55914 Users | 360 ReviewsArticle Appertaining To Books A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth (The Christmas Books #1-3)
When my daughter was in college, I gave her English professor a small plum pudding for Christmas and in return, she presented me with a copy of this book, which I cherish and try to read a bit each Christmas.This year I'm starting with A Cricket on the Hearth.It was interesting to read some of Dickens' less popular work, the other holiday novellas that he released during his late but still productive years. However, A Christmas Carol is undoubtedly the star of the show here. It's a wonderfully told story about someone learning to love again. (People always talk about Scrooge's stinginess with money, but that's just a symptom.) The film adaptations vary greatly in their faithfulness to the novella, so it's nice to get the original story here. The
Loved Christmas Carol. Such a classic! The other stories were pretty good but seemed to be hanging on the shirttails of the first. They had similar elements and were trying to be Christmas Carol but missed the mark. Still enjoyed them, though. I like Dickens but I can tell he got paid by the word...
Interesting to read A Christmas Carol after only seeing the film previously. Such an important book in shaping our view of how Christmas is celebrated. Dickens however is so much more important in highlighting the social inequality of the times and warning against the dangers of poverty and neglect of the poor. Not always easy to read due to the language of the time but worth the effort to see a beautifully structured novel with brilliant ideas. This edition also contains 'The Chimes' and 'The
Love A Christmas Carol and read it every year, cannot make it through The Chimes or Cricket on the Hearth. They just cannot hold my attention at all!
The four stars that I have given this collection can be best attributed to the third and final story in it: The Cricket on the Hearth. While I rather enjoyed A Christmas Carol it didn't capture me the way the last story did. probably this has something to do with the fact that I already knew the story so well. Good about CC is that it has a nice parallel structure, that really simplifies the reading, cause let's face it Dickens isn't always entirely understandable. I really enjoyed the cncept
Perfect for the season
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