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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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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 ReviewsPiece Appertaining To Books A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth (The Christmas Books #1-3)
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...5/5starsThe OG heart warming Christmas story - so cute and iconic
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!
Between his books, I forget how much I love Dickens. I still can't remember if I've read "A Christmas Carol" before, but in any case I've just finished it for perhaps the first, perhaps the second time.Now on to two stories I know I've never read.***"The Chimes" is a very odd story, and one where the point seems to be flying right over my head. It is compelling, though too long, and without the punchiness of "A Christmas Carol."***"The Cricket on the Hearth" is more accessible than "The Chimes"
Although I have been bombarded with portrayals of Scrooge, from Blackadder to Bill Murray, since I was a schoolchild, I had not got around to reading the original until now, at nearly 50 years of age. Furthermore, I was almost unaware of the other two works in this volume. This is a pity, as this whole short collection is uniformly brilliant. It is also easily digestible, with each story suitable to tackle in an evening.Dickens' style is really inimitable, although there are elements of it
A Christmas Carol was wonderful. It was just like seeing the movie, but better, because prose on paper really stimulates the imagination much more. Scrooge is a man who had lost his hope, and it showed in how his heart seemed to shrink, and his world with it. He got a second chance when he was visited by the three ghosts on a cold Christmas Eve. Just like the movie, this story made me cry. I guess some would call me sentimental. I don't know if that's the right word. But I love to see a person
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