A Christmas Carol
By: Charles Dickens ; illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Contributors: Blake, Quentin, ill.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 144
Copyright date: 1995, Edition copyright Pavilion Books, UK; 1995, illustrations copyright Quentin Blake
Subjects: Christmas -- Fiction.; Ghosts -- Fiction.; England -- Fiction.
Description: *A Christmas Carol*, the timeless classic by Charles Dickens, is an essential part of a traditional celebration of Christmas. Ebenezer Scrooge, the old miser who considers Christmas to be “humbug,” learns through a series of ghostly visitations the true value of charity, good humor and love for his fellow man. The spirits of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come, each with a terrifying message, point the way toward the old miser’s salvation. 

Set in Victorian London that Dickens knew so well, the story is full of wonderful characters: Bob Cratchit, the impoverished clerk; the wretched Tiny Tim, whose plight moves readers to tears; the grizzly ghost of Jacob Marley dragging his chain of money boxes behind him “like a tail”; and a whole host of incidental players. 

The acclaimed illustrator, Quentin Blake, has applied his sharp wit and sparkling imagination to depicting these memorable characters rich and poor, real and ghostly, and the freezing, foggy London streets with dimly-lit shop windows displaying Christmas fare. This fresh interpretation of the great work will appeal to young and old alike and reconfirms Dickens as a master storyteller.
Table of contents: title: Forward
pagenum: 7; label: Stave 1
title: Marley's Ghost
pagenum: 9; label: Stave 2
title: The First of the Three Spirits
pagenum: 41; label: Stave 3
title: The Second of the Three Spirits
pagenum: 69; label: Stave 4
title: The Last of the Spirits
pagenum: 109; label: Stave 5
title: The End of It
pagenum: 133