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A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Paperback

Classic FictionGeneral Fiction

ISBN10: 1544027575
ISBN13: 9781544027579
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Mar 25 2017
Pages: 78
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The combined qualities of the realist and the idealist which Dickens possessed to a remarkable degree, together with his naturally jovial attitude toward life in general, seem to have given him a remarkably happy feeling toward Christmas, though the privations and hardships of his boyhood could have allowed him but little real experience with this day of days. Dickens gave his first formal expression to his Christmas thoughts in his series of small books, the first of which was the famous Christmas Carol, the one perfect chrysolite. The success of the book was immediate. Thackeray wrote of it: Who can listen to objections regarding such a book as this? It seems to me a national benefit, and to every man or woman who reads it, a personal kindness. This volume was put forth in a very attractive manner, with illustrations by John Leech, who was the first artist to make these characters live, and his drawings were varied and spirited. There followed upon this four others: The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, and The Haunted Man, with illustrations on their first appearance by Doyle, Maclise, and others. The five are known to-day as the Christmas Books. Of them all the Carol is the best known and loved, and The Cricket on the Hearth, although third in the series, is perhaps next in point of popularity, and is especially familiar to Americans through Joseph Jefferson's characterisation of Caleb Plummer.

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