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This is the first edition of Dickens' famous Christmas story published by Chapman and Hall, and first released on 19 December 1843. The book met with instant success and critical acclaim. The novella tells the story of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge, and his transformation into a warm-hearted philanthropist after being visited by several ghosts on Christmas Eve. The book was written and published at a time when Britain was experiencing a nostalgic...
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No writer is more identified with the modern idea of Christmas than Charles Dickens. In some ways, Dickens helped define the holiday that we now celebrate by immortalizing it as a time of warmth and sharing, with an emphasis on family and friends.
Dickens wrote all the stories presented here during the 1850s as contributions to the special Christmas issues of Household Words, the weekly magazine he founded and edited. Included are fictional
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