
Reserve it at BN.com & pick it up in 60 minutes at your local store.
Enter a zip code
(Paperback - Special Value)
FOR PARENTS
| More Formats | |
|---|---|
| Available in eBook | $2.00 |
| Hardcover | $14.24 |
| Paperback | $4.95 |
| Mass Market Paperback - Complete and Unabridged | $3.99 |
| Other Format - UNAB MP3 | $24.00 |
| Compact Disc | $11.96 |
| MP3 on CD - Unabridged | $18.95 |
| Library Binding | $18.89 |
| MP3 Book - Unabridged | $9.91 |
Dickens Christmas Books, in Large Print, Volume 1: A Christmas Carol is the first and most popular in a series of five novels that Charles Dickens wrote for the Christmas season. This LARGE PRINT edition is designed in 14-point Century Schoolbook for easy reading and includes an original introduction as well as a bonus essay (A Christmas Tree). The familiar story of A Christmas Carol, about Ebenezer Scrooge and the three spirits who haunt him, has brought a healing touch to generations of readers. Despite many film and TV adaptations, the Dickens original remains the most powerful telling of this memorable tale.
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.
This reissued recording of Stewart's touted Broadway performance might prove to be the enduring interpretation of Dickens's beloved tale of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts of past, present, and future who catalyze his transformation. In a production stripped of sound effects, Stewart's theatrical talents take center stage. Reading with a voice that it is at once commanding and fragile, he creates a Scrooge of unexpected complexity and pathos. A spare and dazzling listen that might be the best rendition of the classic since the 1951 Alistair Sim production. (Nov.)
More Reviews and RecommendationsCharles Dickens is probably the greatest novelist England ever produced. His innate comic genius and shrewd depictions of Victorian life -- along with his memorable characters -- have made him beloved by readers the world over. In Dickens' books live some of the most repugnant villains in literature, as well as some of the most likeable (and unlikely) heroes.
More About the AuthorReader Rating:
See Detailed Ratings
January 23, 2010: I have at least 8 movie DVDs of "A Christmas Story", and they all emphasize, de-emphasize, or delete certain scenes. They are all quite faithful to the book however.
The book is much smaller than I expected, and easily read in a evening or two.Reader Rating:
See Detailed Ratings
January 15, 2010: The Book a Christmas Carol was a good book, but yes it is very confusing.
Description and summary of main pointsThe book was about a man named Scrooge who seems to not like anything and Christmas is one of them. When he was a boy he was engaged to a beautiful woman and she left him because he was to selfish. As he got older he began his own business and stuff.EvaluationI like it a lot and I suggest you to read it.ConclusionIt teaches people a very good lessonYour final reviewI like the book and the movie is good too hopefully one day you'll read it and get a good lesson out of it like did.
Alcohol at all of the parties.
About A Christmas Carol
Parents need to know that the original text is a real challenge for today's young readers, and for most kids this book works best as a read-aloud, with lots of discussion and explanation along the way.
Families can talk about Dickens' ideas about the effects of ignorance and want, and about compassion and generosity of spirit. Also worth talking about is Scrooge himself. What is so bad about him, and what made him the way he is? Does his transformation make sense?