Christmas Carol

A gorgeous flapped paperback edition of Charles Dickens' famous Christmas tale.It is Christmas Eve and while the rest of the world celebrates, Ebenezer Scrooge is being haunted. A ghost has come to deliver a dire warning: Scrooge must change his ways before it is too late. For the old man has grown so cold and uncharitable that he has forgotten how to feel joy.As the night unfurls, Scrooge is visited by three ghosts. Each spirit shows him a vision from his past, present and future, forcing Scrooge to confront the man he has become: cruel, greedy and above all, alone. Can Scrooge cure his bitterness in time for Christmas Day, or will his heart be frozen for good?Part of the Pushkin Children's Classics series of thrilling, magical and inspiring stories from around the world, which young readers will return to time and again.Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was a prolific Victorian novelist and social campaigner best known for A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist and Great Expectations. Dickens was a worldwide literary phenomenon in his lifetime, and he now ranks as one of the most influential and popular authors in the English language.