A Christmas Carol (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)

A Christmas Carol (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)

<DIV>In October 1843, Charles Dickens ۥ heavily in debt and obligated to his publisher ۥ began work on a book to help supplement his family's meager income. That volume, <I>A Christmas Carol, </I>has long since become one of the most beloved stories in the English language. As much a part of the holiday season as holly, mistletoe, and evergreen wreaths, this perennial favorite continues to delight new readers and rekindle thoughts of charity and goodwill.<br>With its characters exhibiting many qualities ۥ as well as failures ۥ often ascribed to Dickens himself, the imaginative and entertaining tale relates Ebenezer Scrooge's eerie encounters with a series of spectral visitors. Journeying with them through Christmases past, present, and future, he is ultimately transformed from an arrogant, obstinate, and insensitive miser to a generous, warmhearted, and caring human being. Written by one of England's greatest and most popular novelists, <I>A Christmas Carol</I> has come to epitomize the true meaning of Christmas.</DIV>