A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Author:

Charles Dickens

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Rupa Publications

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Publisher	Rupa Publications
ISBN-13	9788129115713
ISBN-10	8129115719
Binding	Paperback
Language	(English)
Weight (grms)	80

Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. He loves money more than he loves his neighbour and exhibits downright meanness in the consummate dismissal of the plight of the poor. One cold Christmas eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to make him realize his nasty ways. By visiting his past, present and future, Scrooge learns to love Christmas and the people all around him. With superb literary treatments of Christian imagery, Dickens shows there is no better analogy for the human spirit of hope, which forms the message of A Christmas Carol. Even the hardest of hearts can soften and it is truly never too late to transform despair into hope. Like Scrooge, people can change, sometimes literally overnight.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 near Portsmouth where his father was a clerk in the navy pay office. The family moved to London in 1823, but their fortunes were severely impaired. Dickens was sent to work in a blacking-warehouse when his father was imprisoned for debt. Both experiences deeply affected the future novelist. In 1833 he began contributing stories to newspapers and magazines, and in 1836 started the serial publication of Pickwick Papers. Thereafter, Dickens published his major novels over the course of the next twenty years, from Nicholas Nickleby to Little Dorrit. He also edited the journals Household Words and All the Year Round. Dickens died in June 1870.