About The Book
A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption and a critique on Victorian society, Dickens’ atmospheric novella follows the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as ‘humbug’. It is only through a series of eerie, life-changing visits from the ghost of his deceased business partner Marley and the spirits of Christmas past, present and future that he begins to see the error of his ways. With heart-rending characters, rich imagery and evocative language, the message of A Christmas Carol remains as significant today as when it was first published.
About the Author
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 near Portsmouth where his father was a clerk in the navy pay office. The family moved to London in 1823, but their fortunes were severely impaired. Dickens was sent to work in a blacking-warehouse when his father was imprisoned for debt. Both experiences deeply affected the future novelist. In 1833 he began contributing stories to newspapers and magazines, and in 1836 started the serial publication of Pickwick Papers. Thereafter, Dickens published his major novels over the course of the next twenty years, from Nicholas Nickleby to Little Dorrit. He also edited the journals Household Words and All the Year Round. Dickens died in June 1870.
About the Puffin Clothbound Classics
Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunningly beautiful hardback editions of the most famous stories in the world. You can find all the titles here. The titles available in these editions are:
Black Beauty
The Secret Garden
A Christmas Carol
The Wizard of Oz
Treasure Island
Dracula
The Little Prince
Tales from Shakespeare
Frankenstein
Charlotte’s Webb
Tales of the Greek Heroes
Wuthering Heights
Stig of the Dump (2023)
The Dark is Rising (2023)
