A Christmas Carol is one of Charles Dickens& most loved books
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Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint He hates everyone especially children But at Christmas three ghosts come to visit him scare him into mending his ways & he finds as he celebrates with Bob Cratchit Tiny Tim & their family that geniality brings its own reward This finest of all Christmas stories is beautifully illustrated with Arthur Rackham&s superb line drawings ...

A Christmas Carol is one of Charles Dickens& most loved books
- a true classic & a Christmas time must-read Ebenezer Scrooge is
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The Penguin English Library Edition of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens" Every idiot who goes around with & Merry Christmas& on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding" Charles Dickens&s tale of Ebenezer Scrooge who is haunted by three spirits & learns the true meaning of Christmas has had along with Dickens&s other Christmas writings a lasting & significant influence upon our ideas about the season as a time for celebration charity & memory The Penguin English Library
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Humbug!' Mr Scrooge is a squeezing wrenching grasping scraping clutching miserable old man But one cold Christmas Eve Scrooge receives some unusual visitors who show him just how very mistaken he's been BACKSTORY Learn all about how the author Charles Dickens invented Christmas! 160 pages bw chapter headings Dickens Charles ...

Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean & lonely businessman who despises the meaning of Christmas until one Christmas Eve when he is visited by the ghosts of his past present & future… What are the themes? Relationships individual vs society & responsibility Teaching points Many excellent passages which are good models for students& writing ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play George C Scott plays the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge in this version of the Dickens Christmas classic Scrooge is a misanthrope unimpressed by the fuss everyone makes during the festive season That is until his sleep is disturbed one Christmas Eve by the ghosts of Christmas past present & future each of which takes him on a journey which helps him to open his heart to his fellow man & to thereby learn the joy of Christmas Filmed entirely on location in the historic town of Shrewsbury ...

To accompany the "A Christmas Carol" graphic novels from " Classical Comics" & to help with their application in the classroom this book is spiral-bound making the pages easy to photocopy &

Includes:: a CD-ROM with the pages in PDF format ideal for whole-class teaching on whiteboards laptops etc or for direct digital printing Written by a teacher for teachers helping to engage & involve students in the novel Suitable for teaching ages 10-17 this book provides exercises that cover structure understanding & character as well as key words themes & literary techniques The tasks focus on the use of language & comprehension there are also many cross-curriculum topics covering areas within history ICT drama reading speaking writing & art An extensive Educational Links section provides further study opportunities Devised to encompass a broad range of skill levels this book provides many opportunities for differentiated teaching & the tailoring of lessons to meet individual needs It

Includes:: a CD-ROM This resource can be used alongside the Classical Comics adaptation of A Christmas Carol as well as any traditional text In fact many of the activities can stand on their own as introductions to the works of Charles Dickens



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When A Christmas Carol was first published in 1843 it was an overnight success A celebration of Christmas a tale of redemption & a critique on Victorian society Charles Dickens' atmospheric novella follows the miserly penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as 'humbug' It is only through a series of eerie life-changing visits from the ghost of his deceased business partner Marley & the spirits of Christmas past present & future that he begins to see the error of his ways With heart-rending characters rich imagery & evocative language the hopeful message of A Christmas Carol remains as significant today as when it was first published Original illustrations by John Leech with an afterword by Anna South Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure ...

Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business partner & he learns he will be visited by three spirits
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