A Christmas carol in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas: With original art and narration by Jon Langford
Charles Dickens
Jan 1926 · Google Play Books
3.5star
2.49K reviews
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81
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About this ebook
“A national benefit and to every man or woman who reads it, a personal kindness.” --William Makepeace Thackeray The Western world typically thinks of Christmas as having a singular origin, away in a manger, but when you look at how the holiday is celebrated today, it’s hard to see a more powerful progenitor than Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. First published on December 17, 1843 as a novella, the story bestowed on Christmas its rich and complicated social character. Ebenezer’s epic Christmas Eve illustrates both the joy to be found in friends, family, and festive gatherings... and the dangers of letting such happiness and privilege blind you to the lives of the less fortunate. The story is a product of its time, a response to the ills of Victorian-era industrialization and the desire for tradition, but you only need to look at how varied the adaptations of A Christmas Carol have become--on stage, in film, and in song--to know that it is truly timeless. This exclusive edition of A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is one adaptation not to miss. It is a scanned volume of the original novella--complete with original spooky title--enhanced with new illustrations and narration by artist and musician Jon Langford. Here Langford imagines the story as a stage production put on by a small West Yorkshire theater in 1916. Download it for free to see--and hear--each of the four ghosts as an early 20th century audience might have.
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2.49K reviews
Christopher Behrens
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December 27, 2012
but I agree it is lame. We went to buy a TV on Amazon and had the exact amount on a gift card that we combined onto an Amazon gift card from multiple American Express gift cards. Purchase failed, so we had to get a SECOND $1 dollar gift card, transfer it onto the first card and THEN it went through. Of course, when the dollar returns to the card, we have a $1 gift card to use somehow. OH joy. Online retailers need to get away from this practice. It is not cool.
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Yamaha Pacifica
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December 28, 2012
Google makes multi-millions off of google play and they call this a gift. How about a santa tracker that actually works! Humbug! This is basically regifting. At least there are you 5-star sheep out there to prove me wrong! I didn't know sheep HAD such strong misguided opinions. LOL
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Ethan Lewis
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December 25, 2012
It's awesome and I read it and I got to the first page an then I was amazed and it was like a old man that hated Christmas, it was harsh lol and he didn't hang any wreaths or decorative and sang carols it was sad for me and I do that with my family and it gets sad towed the middle then the end was very exiting!!! Because he actually found the true meaning of Christmas :D... thanks for watching my review I will do many more :D . I do movies and games and books eons I hope you like my review thanks for watch!
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About the author
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is one of the most popular and acclaimed novelists of the Victorian era. His novels and short stories are widely read, reviewed, and studied and continue to find new readers with every generation.
Jon Langford is a Welsh-born, Chicago-based musician and artist. A founding member of punk provocateurs The Mekons, Langford is also a renowned painter whose folk art-inspired portraits of country icons regularly adorn his own and others’ albums.
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