The sanctity of that duty is the moral of Christmas, and of the “Christmas Carol.” That such a book should find an ... Twenty of them, however, are full-page drawings, while five smaller ...
Last week, AnnMarie Rudstrom could be seen dressed as the Ghost of Christmas Present, draped in a green robe with a wreath on ...
He was determined to get the book out in time for Christmas that year ... weeks to write A Christmas Carol, which came in at less than 30,000 words. Writing a full story in this manner was ...
Seventy years ago, in 1954, the late critic Eleanor Farjeon wrote an introduction to “Christmas Books by Charles Dickens” in ...
As a ghost, Jacob Marley helps save Scrooge in the classic Dickens tale. Now, other authors are writing books that tell Marley's story.
Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” was first published on December 19, 1843. It was an instant best-seller, with every ...