The most popular of all ghost stories was first published on 17 December 1843, and by Christmas Eve 6, 000 copies had been sold at a published price of five shillings. The story of Scrooge, a miser who becomes a different man when he is presented with visions of past, present and future by Marley's ghost, was an immediate success and has remainded so ever since. It is a book to read on Christmas Eve beside a blazing fire - and the best introduction to Dickens for young readers not quite ready for his longer novels. Arthur Rackham, master of the fantastic, illustrated the story in 1915.
ISBN: | 9781857159288 |
Publisher: | Everyman |
Imprint: | Everyman's Library Children's Classics |
Published date: | 06 Oct 1994 |
DEWEY: | 823.8 |
DEWEY edition: | 20 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 155 |
Weight: | 356g |
Height: | 215mm |
Width: | 161mm |
Spine width: | 16mm |