{"product_id":"a-christmas-carol-the-classic-christmas-ghost-story-with-the-original-john-leech-illustrations-hardcover","title":"A Christmas Carol: The Classic Christmas Ghost Story with the Original John Leech Illustrations - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Leech\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles Dickens's \u003cem\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive Christmas ghost story, presented here with the classic illustrations by John Leech from the original 1843 edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ebenezer Scrooge is rich, cold, solitary, and contemptuous of Christmas until the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley, appears with a warning. Before the night is over, Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come, each forcing him to confront the life he has lived, the suffering he has ignored, and the lonely end toward which he is heading. Project Gutenberg's text identifies the original work as \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Charles Dickens, \"with Illustrations by John Leech,\" and dates Dickens's preface to December 1843. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1843, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e remains one of the most beloved works in English literature and one of the central books of the Christmas season. Its power comes from the combination of supernatural terror, moral reckoning, social conscience, humour, sentiment, and redemption. This illustrated edition preserves the story's classic Victorian atmosphere through Leech's original images, giving modern readers not only Dickens's complete text but the visual tradition associated with its first appearance. For readers of Christmas fiction, Victorian literature, ghost stories, illustrated classics, family reading, and Dickens, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e remains essential holiday reading: brief, dramatic, memorable, and still capable of making generosity feel urgent rather than ornamental. Project Gutenberg also distinguishes its Leech edition from later illustrated editions, noting the \"1843 Original Illustrations in Color by John Leech.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 68\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50377874309357,"sku":"9781515437383","price":34.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/O5nvskQBNr9781515437383.webp?v=1785619322","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/a-christmas-carol-the-classic-christmas-ghost-story-with-the-original-john-leech-illustrations-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}