{"product_id":"a-christmas-carol-and-other-stories-hardcover","title":"A Christmas Carol: And Other Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Douglas-Fairhurst\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEbenezer Scrooge is a bad-tempered skinflint who hates Christmas and all it stands for, but a ghostly visitor foretells three apparitions who will thaw Scrooge's frozen heart. \u003cem\u003eA Christmas Carol \u003c\/em\u003ehas gripped the public imagination since it was first published in 1843, and it is now as much a part of Christmas as mistletoe or plum pudding. This edition reprints the story alongside Dickens's four other Christmas Books: \u003cem\u003eThe Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Haunted Man. \u003c\/em\u003eAll five stories show Dickens at his unpredictable best, jumbling together comedy and melodrama, genial romance and urgent social satire, in pursuit of his aim \"to awaken some loving and forbearing thoughts, never out of season in a Christian land.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Douglas-Fairhurst\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eBecoming Dickens\u003c\/em\u003e (Harvard UP, 2011), winner of the 2011 Duff Cooper Prize, and has edited editions of Dickens's \u003cem\u003eGreat Expectation\u003c\/em\u003es, Henry Mayhew's \u003cem\u003eLondon Labour and the London Poor\u003c\/em\u003e, and Charles Kingsley's \u003cem\u003eThe Water-Babies\u003c\/em\u003e for Oxford World's Classics. He writes regularly for publications including the \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph, The Guardian, TLS\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.7 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376704209074,"sku":"9780198822394","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/6b1642ca9e3eae32956dec3b6ce8a9f5.webp?v=1777708637","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/a-christmas-carol-and-other-stories-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}