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A Christmas Carol and Other Stories - (Modern Library Classics) by Charles Dickens (Paperback)

A Christmas Carol and Other Stories - (Modern Library Classics) by  Charles Dickens (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>An immediate bestseller when it was first published in December 1843, A Christmas Carol has endured ever since as a perennial Yuletide favorite. Charles Dickens's beloved tale about the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who comes to know the meaning of kindness, charity, and goodwill through a haunting Christmas Eve encounter with four ghosts, is a heartwarming celebration of the spirit of Christmas. <p/>This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition also includes two other popular Christmas stories by Dickens: <i>The Chimes</i>, in which a man, persuaded by hypocritical cant that the poor deserve their misery, is shown what his pessimistic resignation might lead to in a vision conjured by the pealing of bells, and <i>The Haunted Man</i>, Dickens's last Christmas tale, which features one of his great comic families, the Tetterbys.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A Christmas Carol] seems to be a national benefit, and to every man or woman who reads it a personal kindness."<br>--William Makepeace Thackeray<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>John Irving is the author of numerous novels, including <b>The Cider House Rules</b>, <b>The World According to Garp</b>, <b>A Prayer for Owen Meany</b>, and <b>The Fourth Hand</b>. He lives in Vermont and Toronto.

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