Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

ISBN: 0007382510

Category: Fiction

Page: 144

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HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

ISBN: 0008110638

Category: Fiction

Page: 304

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: Harper Collins

ISBN: 0062023357

Category: Juvenile Fiction

Page: 80

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On a cold, blustery Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge toils in his countinghouse, unable to give a kind word to a single soul. He cares nothing for the spirit of giving, shouting “Bah!” and “Humbug!” at the very mention of the holiday. But four ghostly visitors come to show him a different way, opening Scrooge’s heart to kindness and charity, fraternity and goodwill—a lesson he takes to Christmas and beyond.

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: N.A

ISBN: N.A

Category: Christmas stories

Page: 82

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Everyone is familiar with this classic Christmas story. Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly, unpleasant man who despises Christmas and overworks his clerk Bob Cratchit. As he prepares for another Christmas Eve without celebration, Scrooge is greeted by his dead business partner, Jacob Marley who warns him that his greed will not go unpunished. At first, Scrooge doesn't heed Marley's warning, but soon he is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Christmas Yet to Come. He is made to face his cruel nature, and to consider whether he should change his ways. This is a free digital copy of a book that has been carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. To make this print edition available as an ebook, we have extracted the text using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology and submitted it to a review process to ensure its accuracy and legibility across different screen sizes and devices. Google is proud to partner with libraries to make this book available to readers everywhere.

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: Modern Library

ISBN: 0679641319

Category: Fiction

Page: 368

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An immediate bestseller when it was first published in December 1843, A Christmas Carol has endured ever since as a perennial Yuletide favorite. Charles Dickens's beloved tale about the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge--who comes to know the meaning of kindness, charity, and goodwill through a haunting Christmas Eve encounter with four ghosts--is a heartwarming celebration of the spirit of Christmas. 'Whether the Christmas visions would or would not convert Scrooge, they convert us,' wrote G. K. Chesterton. 'The story sings from end to end like a happy man going home.' The Modern Library edition also presents two more of Dickens's popular Christmas stories, The Chimes and The Haunted Man, Dickens's last Christmas tale, which features one of his greatest comic families, the Tetterbys. With an introduction by John Irving.

Making the Classics Accessible for Teachers and Students

Author: Ian McNeilly,Mike Collins,David Roach

Publisher: Classical Comics, Limited

ISBN: 9781906332570

Category: Education

Page: 110

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Dickens' holiday classic has captivated readers since its first publication in 1843. This teaching guide uses the novel as a springboard for learning. The book is divided into such categories as Charles Dickens: His Place in English, Understanding the Novel, Character, Language, and Creative Writing. Students get to design their own Christmas card, write a modern version of the story, write a book review, color pages, solve anagrams, and more while they learn.

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: Penguin UK

ISBN: 0141934735

Category: Fiction

Page: 336

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Penguin Classics e-books give you the best possible editions of Charles Dickens's novels, including all the original illustrations, useful and informative introductions, the definitive, accurate text as it was meant to be published, a chronology of Dickens's life and notes that fill in the background to the book. Dickens's story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors, has proved one of his most well-loved works. Ever since it was published in 1843 it has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the traditions of Christmas. Dickens's other Christmas writings collected here include 'The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton', the short story from The Pickwick Papers on which A Christmas Carol was based; The Haunted Man, a tale of a man tormented by painful memories; along with shorter pieces, some drawn from the 'Christmas Stories' that Dickens wrote annually for his weekly journals. In all of them Dickens celebrates the season as one of geniality, charity and remembrance.

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: Capstone

ISBN: 1496503708

Category: Juvenile Fiction

Page: 72

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In this graphic retelling of the classic novel, Ebenezer Scrooge is warned by the ghost of Marley, his former partner, that he will be visited by the spirits of Christmas past, present, and future.

Author: Dickens

Publisher: Jaico Publishing House

ISBN: 8172248962

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 240

View: 8957

In a ramshackle workhouse of a parish in England, a baby boy was born to a woman who died in child birth. The boy was named OLIVER TWIST. He spent a sad childhood in abject misery in various workhouses. At the age of twelve, he runs away to London where h

Author: Jack London

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

ISBN: 0007480709

Category: Fiction

Page: 144

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

Author: Ace Collins

Publisher: Zondervan

ISBN: 0310873878

Category: Religion

Page: 192

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Behind the Christmas songs we love to sing lie fascinating stories that will enrich your holiday celebration. Taking you inside the nativity of over thirty favorite songs and carols, Ace Collins introduces you to people you’ve never met, stories you’ve never heard, and meanings you’d never have imagined. The next time you and your family sing "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," you’ll have a new understanding of its message and popular roots. You’ll discover how "Angels from the Realms of Glory," with its sublime lyrics and profound theology, helped usher in a quiet revolution in worship. You’ll learn the strange history of the haunting and powerful "O Holy Night," including the song’s surprising place in the history of modern communications. And you’ll step inside the life of Mark Lowry and find out how he came to pen the words to the contemporary classic "Mary, Did You Know?"Still other songs such as "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" trace back to mysterious origins--to ninth-century monks, nameless clergy, and unknown commoners of ages past. Joining hands with such modern favorites as "White Christmas" and "The Christmas Song," they are part of the legacy of inspiration, faith, tears, love, and spiritual joy that is Christmas. From the rollicking appeal of "Jingle Bells" to the tranquil beauty of "Silent Night," the great songs of Christmas contain messages of peace, hope, and truth. Each in its own way expresses a facet of God’s heart and celebrates the birth of his greatest gift to the world--Jesus, the most wonderful Christmas Song of all.

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN: 0393608654

Category: Fiction

Page: 160

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A first-ever trade edition of the original manuscript of the beloved Christmas classic. Every year at the holidays, the historic Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan displays one of the crown jewels of its extraordinary collection: the original manuscript of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, with its detailed emendations, deletions, and insertions in Dickens’s own hand. Here, for the first time in a beautiful trade edition, A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript Edition presents a facsimile of that invaluable manuscript, along with a typeset version of the story, a fascinating introduction by the Morgan’s chief literary curator on the history of the story, and a new foreword by Colm Tóibín celebrating its timeless appeal.

Author: Charles Dickens,John Leech,Pierpont Morgan Library

Publisher: Courier Corporation

ISBN: 9780486209807

Category: Fiction

Page: 142

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An abridgment of the classic story with all the characters depicted as animals.

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publ

ISBN: 9781602918122

Category: Juvenile Fiction

Page: 88

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Timeless Classics--designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classics will grab a student's attention from the first page. Included are eight pages of end-of-book activities to enhance the reading experience.Pip is headed for an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's forge. Then an anonymous donor appears, and sends Pip to London to live as a gentleman. Pip is sure he knows the identity of his secret benefactor. He couldn't be more surprised when he finds that he's been mistaken all along.

A Ghost Story of Christmas

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: Focus on the Family Pub

ISBN: 9781561795567

Category: Fiction

Page: 104

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Scrooge, a cold-hearted miser, is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: OUP Oxford

ISBN: 9780198329985

Category: Juvenile Nonfiction

Page: 96

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Rollercoasters now extends up to GCSE! This edition of A Christmas Carol has a durable flexi-cover format so it lasts longer in the classroom.

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: Harper Collins

ISBN: 0694015830

Category: Juvenile Fiction

Page: 160

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A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: Hesperus Press

ISBN: N.A

Category: Fiction

Page: 258

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Recently widowed, Mrs Lirriper devotes her energies to attending to the needs of her assorted lodgers. But when a newborn child is abandoned to her care, her responsibilities extend to new levels. Enlisting long-time lodger, the Major, into the role of 'guardian', the two develop an increasing affection for the boy. In an effort to entertain the growing lad, they relate the stories of their fellow-lodgers, little knowing that they are about to embark on their own real-life tale of impending death, guilty secrets and mysterious legacies.

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: Big Picture Press

ISBN: 9781787411869

Category: Christmas stories

Page: 48

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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is retold in this illustrated search and find book, perfect for introducing children to classic fiction and creating a keepsake Christmas title to treasure.