A Christmas Carol (Large Print, Annotated) - Charles Dickens

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Résumé :
Read one of the greatest holiday classics of all time The definitive editionFeatures an extended biography of the life and experiences of Charles Dickens Large Print editions available in hardback and paperback Ebenezer Scrooge, a very old miser, absolutely refuses to spend any money. He goes so far as to refuse to donate money to charities on Christmas. Scrooge nearly denies his employee's pleas to take Christmas off. However, he soon has a revelation when the ghost of his former business partner tells him that he has been doomed to wander the Earth due to his greed and selfishness. Three Christmas ghosts show his past, present, and future in hopes of helping Scrooge avoid the same fate. This novel might very well be one of Charles Dickens's most famous works. It has become a Christmas classic that warms our hearts and puts us in a celebratory mood during the holiday season. The heartwarming tale of an old, angry man being changed when he realizes his own selfishness and deciding to do good pulls readers in and will draw a tear to your eye this Christmas. Get your copy of this timeless classic today.

Biographie:
Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today.

Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed readings extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.
Dickens's literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers. Within a few years he had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humour, satire, and keen observation of character and society. His novels, most published in monthly or weekly instalments, pioneered the serial publication of narrative fiction, which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication.

Sommaire:
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) war ein ber?hmter englischer Romancier und Sozialkritiker, der weithin als einer der gr??ten Schriftsteller des viktorianischen Zeitalters angesehen wird. Geboren in Portsmouth, England, hatte Dickens eine schwierige Kindheit, die von finanziellen Schwierigkeiten gepr?gt war, die sp?ter einen gro?en Teil seines Werkes beeinflussten. Dickens wurde mit seinen Fortsetzungsromanen ber?hmt und war bekannt f?r seine F?higkeit, Humor, scharfe soziale Beobachtungen und zutiefst menschliche Charaktere miteinander zu verbinden. Heute wird Dickens nicht nur f?r seine fesselnden Erz?hlungen gefeiert, sondern auch f?r seinen nachhaltigen Einfluss auf Literatur und Gesellschaft....