A Christmas carol
Subtitle: with A Christmas tree
By: Charles Dickens ; illustrated by Robert Ingpen
Contributors: Ingpen, Robert, 1936- illustrator; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780993166105
Subjects: Social life and customs; Sick children; Poor families; Christmas trees; Fiction; Avarice; Misers; Redemption
Other titles: Christmas tree.
Description: "The complete and unabridged text enhanced with more than 70 illustrations by Robert Ingpen. Includes an additional story by Charles Dickens, 'A Christmas Tree.' ... Charles Dickens' tale of self-discovery has become one of his most famous and best loved works. On Christmas Eve the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him that he will be visited by three spirits. During the night, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come show Scrooge the scenes of his youth, the poverty-stricken Christmas currently being endured by his loyal clerk Bob Cratchitt and his crippled son Tiny Tim--and the lonely future that awaits him if he continues in his grasping ways. He awakes on Christmas morning chastened by his nocturnal experiences, and resolves to be a better man. This volume also includes Dickens' short story, 'A Christmas Tree,' with its evocative description of the delights of the season. With stunning, atmospheric new illustrations that evoke Dickensian London at Christmas time, award-winning artist Robert Ingpen has worked his wonders on this timeless tale"--Amazon.com, viewed November 30, 2015.
Notes: A Christmas Carol was first published in London by Chapman & Hall on December 19, 1843.
Table of contents: title: A Christmas carol; title: A Christmas tree.