An edition of A Christmas Carol (1843)

A Christmas Carol

In Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

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An edition of A Christmas Carol (1843)

A Christmas Carol

In Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

by , , and

  • ★★★ ★ 3.9 (104 ratings)
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  • 206 Have read

By special arrangement with Mr. H. S. Nichols, of New York, The Atlantic Monthly Press issues this reproduction of the first edition of “The Christmas Carol.” When it was brought out by Mr. Nichols in 1914, it bore the following “Indorsement,” signed by him:

“This is a genuine copy of my fac-simile edition of the excessively rare and almost unobtainable earliest issue of the original edition, to which have been prefixed an introduction and biographical data.”

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Little, Brown
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English
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166

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Page v
Stave I. Marley's Ghost
Page 1
Stave II. The First of the Three Spirits
Page 39
Stave III. The Second of the Three Spirits
Page 74
Stave IV. The Last of the Spirits
Page 121
Stave V. The End of It
Page 152

Edition Notes

Published in
Boston
Copyright Date
1920

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823
Library of Congress
PZ3.D55 Chr 1920x, PR4572 .C68 1920

Contributors

Illustrator
John Leech
Introduction
A. Edward Newton

The Physical Object

Format
ebook
Pagination
ix, 166 p., [4] leaves of plates :
Number of pages
166

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL23286693M
Internet Archive
christmascarolin20dick
LCCN
21021948
OCLC/WorldCat
960653445, 987216, 4595714
Wikidata
Q19020449

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL32466W

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Work Description

A retelling of the story about a miser whose life is changed by Christmas.

Excerpts

"If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. Besides—excuse me—I don’t know that."
Page 37, added by Zeba Books.

This line represents Scrooge at his most callous. It highlights the Malthusian social theories of the time that Dickens was actively protesting against, making it a crucial quote for the book’s social message.

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