Be transported to the streets of Victorian London on Christmas Eve where you’ll encounter the formidable Ebenezer Scrooge & a host of ghosts & ghouls Choose your favourite pens or pencils & add colour – & Christmas spirit – to the abundance of festive patterns traditional scenes & elaborate ink line designs within This unique literary colouring book is packed with handpicked"ations that perfectly capture the history & atmosphere of Charles Dickens& classic story A Christmas Carol Perfect for young readers discovering this festive story for the first time! ...

Ebenezer Scrooge is a lonely miserly old man who hates Christmas which he dismisses as "humbug" One Christmas Eve however he is visited by a series of ghosts who reveal to him the innocence he has lost the wretchedness of his future & the poverty of the present which he has so far ignored This experience teaches Scrooge the true meaning of the holiday & leaves him a transformed man With its memorable cast of characters such as Scrooge Bob Cratchit Tiny Tim & the Ghosts of Christmas Past Present & Yet to Come Charles Dickens&s A Christmas Carol is the most heart-warming of seasonal tales a timeless classic that continues to enchant readers around the world & a lesson in charity & hopefulness that is as powerful today as when it was first written in 1843 ...

Have you seen the New Windmills Language File? It provides imaginative photocopiable activities to help you teach writing grammar & punctuation using A Christmas Carol & other popular New Windmills ...

Bah!' said Scrooge Humbug!' Ebenezer Scrooge is unimpressed by Christmas He has no time for festivities or goodwill toward his fellow men & is only interested in money Then on the night of Christmas Eve his life is changed by a series of ghostly visitations that show him some bitter truths about his choices A Christmas Carol is Dickens' most influential book & a funny clever & hugely enjoyable story

Includes:: 'THE CHIMES' & 'THE HAUNTED MAN' Also in the Vintage Classics Dickens Series A Tale of Two Cities David Copperfield Great Expectations Hard Times Oliver Twist

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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 ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Fans of Robert Zemeckis&s brilliant special effects & of Jim Carrey&s transformative acting abilities will be swept away by their collaboration in the stunning A Christmas Carol Perhaps more surprising is that Charles Dickens purists will also be impressed & captivated by this version of the oft-told tale--which is dark complex & in its way uncompromising Which is all to say that this Christmas Carol is an instant holiday classic easily taking its place alongside the Alistair Sim version the Patrick Stewart version & even the Mr Magoo version of the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge & his ultimate holiday redemption Carrey is dazzling as not only Scrooge the most miserable & miserly man in 19th-century England but as the Ghosts of Christmases Past Present & Future As with The Polar Express Zemeckis animates the film over the actors& physical performances onscreen but here the emotion is intact--even heightened by the brilliant effects Joining Carrey in the cast are terrific players including Gary Oldman (Bob Cratchit Tiny Tim & the ghost of Marley) Cary Elwes Bob Hoskins & Robin Wright Penn But the heart of the film is Carrey whose dramatic acting has shone in films like The Truman Show & Lemony Snicket&s A Series of Unfortunate Events The emotional connection Carrey makes with his characters is what brings Dickens&s classic alive--and what connects the viewer with the true spirit of the holidays ...

This is the classic novel brought to life in full colour! 'I will honour Christmas in my heart & try to keep it all the year I will live in the Past the Present & the Future' Classical Comics' first Dickens title is probably his best-loved story Scrooge gets a rude awakening to how his life is & how it should be Full of Christmas Spirit (s) this is a book that you'll want to read all year round! ...

This is the classic novel brought to life in full colour! 'I will honour Christmas in my heart & try to keep it all the year I will live in the Past the Present & the Future' Classical Comics' first Dickens title is probably his best-loved story Scrooge gets a rude awakening to how his life is & how it should be Full of Christmas Spirit (s) this is a book that you'll want to read all year round! ...

A Christmas Carol is one of Charles Dickens' most loved books
- a true classic & a Christmas-time must-read This special Puffin
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Part of Penguin&s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith these delectable & collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design After reading Christmas Carol the notoriously reculsive Thomas Carlyle was "seized with a perfect convulsion of hospitality" & threw not one but two Christmas dinner parties The impact of the story may not always have been so dramatic but along with Dickens other Christmas writings it has had a lasting & significant influence upon our ideas about the Christmas spirit & about the season as a time for celebration charity & memory ...