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A Christmas Carol

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780241331606

  • Length: 96  Pages

  • Dimensions: 240mm x 15mm x 162mm

  • Weight: 288g

  • RRP: £14.99

A Christmas Carol

Part of a beautiful collection of hardcover classics, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.

A Christmas Carol has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the traditions of Christmas ever since it was first published in December 1843. Dickens's story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, has been adapted into countless film and stage versions and is today the most famous and loved of all Christmas tales.

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780241331606

  • Length: 96  Pages

  • Dimensions: 240mm x 15mm x 162mm

  • Weight: 288g

  • RRP: £14.99

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born on 7 February 1812 in Landport in Portsmouth. His father was a clerk in the Navy Pay Office who often ended up in financial trouble. When Dickens was twelve years' old he was sent to work in a shoe polish factory because his father had been imprisoned for debt.In 1833 he began to publish short stories and essays in newspapers and magazines. The Pickwick Papers, his first commercial success, was published in 1836, the same year that he married Catherine Hogarth. The serialisation of Oliver Twist began in 1837 while The Pickwick Papers was still running. Many other novels followed and Dickens became a celebrity in America as well as Britain. He also set up and edited the journals Household Words (1850-9) and All the Year Round (1859-70). Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870 leaving his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.

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