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The Annotated Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol in Prose

By Michael Patrick Hearn, Charles Dickens

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| Hardcover | 9780393051582

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Without question, The Annotated Christmas Carol is the most authoritative and entertaining edition ever produced.

What would Christmas be without A Christmas Carol? Charles Dickens's famous ghost story is as much a part of the season as plum pudding and mistletoe, and Michael PatriContinue

Without question, The Annotated Christmas Carol is the most authoritative and entertaining edition ever produced.

What would Christmas be without A Christmas Carol? Charles Dickens's famous ghost story is as much a part of the season as plum pudding and mistletoe, and Michael Patrick Hearn, the celebrated annotator of The Wizard of Oz and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, has now prepared a sumptuous new edition of the Dickens classic. This latest contribution to the Norton annotated series delves into the engrossing history of the book's publication, when it first captivated Victorian England. This is the first edition to combine the original text of 1843 with Dickens's Public Reading text, which had its world premiere in America in 1867 and has not been reprinted in nearly a century. Also included are rare photographs as well as the original Leech wood engravings and hand-colored etchings. These are supplemented by other contemporary illustrations by George Cruikshank, Gustave Doré, John Tenniel, and "Phiz." The Annotated Christmas Carol will be a literary feast for the whole family for generations. 2-color, 100 black-and-white illustrations, and 8 pages of color.

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  • The Annotated Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol in Prose

    The Annotated Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol in Prose Charles Dickens, Michael Patrick Hearn, and illus. John Leech W.W. Norton Hardcover 288 pages November 2003 The perfect gift for traditionalists, with a great helping of booklore, trivia and a ... (read full critics)

    curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

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  • 6 people find this helpful

    Few days ago I was looking for something easy to read in English. Accidentally I saw this tiny book and I thought: “Why not? It shouldn’t be too hard, I already know the story, like everyone else does.“ It has been easy, actually, but there was more behind the ease, there was much more.. I found it. ... (continue)

    Few days ago I was looking for something easy to read in English. Accidentally I saw this tiny book and I thought: “Why not? It shouldn’t be too hard, I already know the story, like everyone else does.“ It has been easy, actually, but there was more behind the ease, there was much more.. I found it.. and I loved it!

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    Genji said on Jan 8, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • 2 people find this helpful

    Tra i classici moderni più noti, letti e rivisitati (dato l'elevatissimo tasso di reinterpretabilità - ma anche il tema pur sempre attuale), Christmas Carol - uno dei pochi esponenti della produzione dickensiana a non disporre d'un peso quantificabile in chilogrammi - si rivela un racconto lungo (ma ... (continue)

    Tra i classici moderni più noti, letti e rivisitati (dato l'elevatissimo tasso di reinterpretabilità - ma anche il tema pur sempre attuale), Christmas Carol - uno dei pochi esponenti della produzione dickensiana a non disporre d'un peso quantificabile in chilogrammi - si rivela un racconto lungo (ma neanche troppo) incredibilmente ben scritto, che al di là d'una piccola serie d'arcaismi brilla per scorrevolezza ed immediatezza; divertentissimo (a tratti davvero esilarante), ma anche profondo - perfino brutale - nella fortissima carica di denuncia sociale in esso contenuta, la Carol può sì essere letta come un invito ad essere più buoni.
    Oppure come un romanzo in cui un autore da canone mondiale ci spiega come la definitiva e ultima ricerca della salvezza sia comunque possibile, attraverso le azioni e l'adempimento del bene, aldilà di vincoli religiosi di sorta.
    Scegliete un pò voi, ma in ogni caso, leggetelo - in English, of course.
    E Buon Natale a tutti.

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    Krokgard said on Dec 23, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • 1 person find this helpful

    What is Christmas time? Here you will find an answer!!

    What shoud I say about this little jewel? Everybody knows Scrooge story because it touches our hearts. I read it once a year, obviously at Christmas time, and every time it shows me what REALLY Christmas is, despite of gifts, dinners with friends and parents!! Season greeting everyone!!

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    Albi Olorin said on Dec 15, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • deludente, pieno di stucchevole buonismo gratuito. sinceramente mi aspettavo molto di più!!

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    Rem said on Dec 19, 2011 about the Library Binding edition | Add your feedback

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