A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books - (Everyman's Library Classics) by Charles Dickens (Hardcover)

About the Book

The final volume in the Everyman's Library Charles Dickens collection features the timeless story of everyone's favorite misanthrope, Ebenezer Scrooge, together with four more of Dickens's Christmas tales.

Book Synopsis

No holiday season is complete without this beautiful hardcover edition of the heartwarming story of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, along with four other Dickens stories. With an introduction by Margaret Atwood and illustrations by Arthur Rackham.

First published in 1843, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was republished in 1852 in a new edition with four other Christmas stories--"The Chimes," "The Cricket on the Hearth," "The Battle of Life," and "The Haunted Man." These beloved tales revived the notion of the Christmas spirit--and have kept it alive ever since.

This display-worthy collector's hardcover of Dickens's holiday classics features an introduction by Margaret Atwood along with stunning full-color illustrations by Arthur Rackham.

Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Everyman's Library Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.

Review Quotes

"Beloved holiday classic" --The New York Times

About the Author

CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) was born in Portsmouth, England, and spent most of his life in London. When he was twelve, his father was sent to debtor's prison and he was forced to work in a boot polish factory, an experience that marked him for life. He became a passionate advocate of social reform and the most popular writer of the Victorian era.

MARGARET ATWOOD is the author of more than 35 internationally acclaimed works of fiction, poetry, and essays. Her numerous awards include the Governor General's Award for The Handmaid's Tale, and The Giller Prize for Alias Grace. The Handmaid's Tale, Cat's Eye, Alias Grace, and Oryx and Crake were all shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, which she won with The Blind Assassin.