Christmas Books (Paperback, New Ed)

With illustrations by Edward Landseer, Daniel Maclise, Clarkson Stanfield, Frank Stone, Richard Doyle, John Leech and John Tenniel, and with a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. In these five long stories, written specifically for Christmas, Dickens combines his concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional seasonal lore. A Christmas Carol, the first of the selection, has become a touchstone of English festive fiction and an enduring favourite internationally. Repeatedly adapted, parodied, staged and filmed, this richly influential tale is powerfully vivid and moving. The other stories, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man, blend whimsy, sentiment, comedy, satire, the didactic and the fantastic, developing resourcefully the theme of individual and social regeneration.

General

Imprint:	Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Wordsworth Classics
Release date:	October 1995
First published:	October 1995
Authors:	Charles Dickens
Introduction by:	Cedric Watts (Emeritus Professor of English)
Illustrators:	Edward Landseer • Daniel Maclise • Clarkson Stanfield • Frank Stone • Richard Doyle • John Leech • John Tenniel
Series editors:	Keith Carabine
Dimensions:	196 x 125 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	383
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-85326-268-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	1-85326-268-4
Barcode:	9781853262685

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