Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways. By visiting his past, present & future, Scrooge learns to love Christmas & the people all around him. With a light-hearted introduction by bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, creator of the highly successful Alex Rider novels, most recently Snakehead. ...

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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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` story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas past, present & future, has been adapted into countless film & stage versions & is today the most famous & loved of all Christmas tales. ...

Every Christmas, the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan displays one of the crown jewels of its extraordinary collection: the original manuscript of Charles Dickens` A Christmas Carol with its detailed emendations, deletions & insertions in Dickens` h&. Here, for the first time in a beautiful trade edition, is 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 & a new foreword by Colm Toibin celebrating its timeless appeal. ...

Charles Dickens` classic Christmas story, unabridged & fully illustrated. Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean-spirited old man who hates everything
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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. ...

John Leech`s original magnificent illustrations to ”A Christmas Carol” have been beautifully h&-coloured by Barbara Frith. A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption & a critique on Victorian society, 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 message of ”A Christmas Carol” remains as significant today as when it was first published. ...

”A Christmas Carol & Other Christmas Writings” collects stories of matchless charm & enduring popularity that enchanted listeners at Charles Dickens`s public readings. This ” Penguin Classics” is edited with an introduction & notes by Michael Slater. Since it was first published in 1843 ”A Christmas Carol” has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the traditions of Christmas. Dickens`s story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas past, present & future, has been adapted into countless film & stage versions since it was first published. 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 & remembrance. This new selection contains an introduction by distinguished Dickens scholar Michael Slater discussing how the author has shaped ideas about the Christmas spirit, original illustrations by ` Phiz` & John Leech, an appendix on Dickens`s use of ” The Arabian Nights”, a further reading list & explanatory notes. Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language, whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books, including ” Oliver Twist”, ” Great Expectations”, ”A Tale of Two Cities”, ” David Copperfield” & ” The Pickwick Papers”, have been adapted for stage & screen & read by millions. If you enjoyed ”A Christmas Carol & Other Christmas Writings”, you might like Dickens`s ” The Pickwick Papers”, also available in ” Penguin Classics”. ...

The unpredictable origins & etymologies of our cracking Christmas customs For something that happens every year of our lives, we really don`t know much about Christmas. We don`t know that the date we celebrate was chosen by a madman, or that Christmas, etymologically speaking, means ` Go away, Christ`. Nor do we know that Christmas was first celebrated in 243 AD on 28 March
- & only moved to 25 December in 354 AD. We`re oblivious to the fact that the advent calendar was actually invented by a Munich housewife to stop her children pestering her for a Christmas countdown. & we would never have guessed that the invention of crackers was merely a way of popularizing sweet wrappers. Luckily, like a gift from Santa himself, Mark Forsyth is here to unwrap this fundamentally funny gallimaufry of traditions & oddities, making it all finally make sense
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Full of hands-on activities to help you learn all about map skills whilst also learning about the features of a city. This book will show you what a bird`s eye map is by looking at aerial photos; how landmarkscan be shown as symbols; how to measure scale & distance on a walk around a city; what map plans are; how compass points show you how to find directions; how to follow pathways & roads; how to use grid references; looking at landuse; & looking at transport maps. Illustrations by Sarah Horne in an amusing & lively style are combined with photographs to really capture a child`s attention helping them to learn these important map skills. ...