Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Dickens, Charles; Leech, John |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics |
| Date: | 10/8/2014 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
One of six beloved Christmas classics in collectible hardcover editions
First published on December 19, 1843, A Christmas Carol was an instant classic: Londoners thronged to hear Dickens read it inperson and bought out the first printing in days. Its reception was soecstatic that it is credited with helping to revive interest among theVictorians in Christmas traditions, including caroling and holidaycards, as well as inciting an unexpected wave of charitable giving fromBritain’s Industrial Age robber barons. Originally conceived as apamphlet against exploitative capitalism before taking its current form,it has inspired dozens of theatrical and movie adaptions, and itscharacters, from Scrooge to Tiny Tim, are forever inscribed in ourhearts and minds.
Penguin Christmas Classics
Give the gift of literature this Christmas.
PenguinChristmas Classics honor the power of literature to keep on givingthrough the ages. The six volumes in the series are not only our mostbeloved Christmas tales, they also have given us much of what we loveabout the holiday itself. A Christmas Carol revived in VictorianEngland such Christmas hallmarks as the Christmas tree, holiday cards,and caroling. The Yuletide yarns of Anthony Trollope popularizedthroughout the British Empire and around the world the trappings ofChristmas in London. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus created the origin story for the presiding spirit of Christmas as we know it. The holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott shaped theideal of an American Christmas. The Night Before Christmas brought forth some of our earliest Christmas traditions as passed down through folk tales. And The Nutcracker inspired the most famous ballet in history, one seen by millions in the twilight of every year.
Beautifullydesigned hardcovers—with foil-stamped jackets, decorative endpapers, andnameplates for personalization—in a small trim size thatmakes them perfect stocking stuffers, Penguin Christmas Classics embodythe spirit of giving that is at the heart of our most time-honoredstories about the holiday.
Collect all six Penguin Christmas Classics:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories by Anthony Trollope
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
A Merry Christmas: And Other Christmas Stories by Louisa May Alcott
The Night Before Christmas by Nikolai Gogol
The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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