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Inventing Scrooge

2017-10-17 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2017-10-17
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Inventing Scrooge by : Carlo DeVito

Download or read book Inventing Scrooge written by Carlo DeVito. This book was released on 2017-10-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inventing Scrooge uncovers the real-life inspirations from Charles Dickens’ own world that led to the fascinating creation of his most beloved tale: A Christmas Carol. When Charles Dickens created the story that would become A Christmas Carol, little did he know that his “ghostly little book” would reinvent the way we celebrate Christmas. From a graveyard in Edinburgh to the Marshalsea Prison in London to his schoolboy years in Chatham and even his lifelong fascination with dance, so much of Dickens’ past and present are woven into the characters and themes of A Christmas Carol. And by understanding the story behind the story, readers will come to embrace the holiday classic all the more. To this day, we look to the Christmas season as a time of warmth and celebration among family, friends, and strangers alike. And every year at Christmastime, not only do our lives get better for all the festivity, but we get better, as people. Just like Ebenezer Scrooge.

A Christmas Carol

2011 Cities and towns
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Release : 2011
Genre : Cities and towns
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Book Rating : 190/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Christmas Carol by : Charles Dickens

Download or read book A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

A Christmas Carol

2023-03-27
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Release : 2023-03-27
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Book Rating : 460/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Christmas Carol by : Charles Dickens

Download or read book A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens. This book was released on 2023-03-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Happy Prisoner

2012-10-30 Fiction
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Release : 2012-10-30
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 224/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Happy Prisoner by : Monica Dickens

Download or read book The Happy Prisoner written by Monica Dickens. This book was released on 2012-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the end of WW II and the household of Mrs. North, a well-to-do widow with a country cottage, is very busy. War circumstances brought both of her daughters home: loud but good-hearted tomboy, Violet, and highly-strung and over sensitive Heather with her two small children. Mrs. North is also taking care of her young niece, Evelyn, a lively child who loves to play on the local farm and has a great passion for animals. But at the center of all this is Oliver, Mrs. North's only son who lost his leg during the war service abroad. Recovering from his injuries, bed-ridden Oliver has nothing better to do but observe the busy lives of the people around him. Treated as a hero and a confidant by all the women in his family, Oliver begins to enjoy his new role as a self-proclaimed counselor. Due to his advice, Violet, an independent spinster, unexpectedly accepts the marriage proposal from a local farmer. Her wedding is a success and Violet finds a new happiness in her marriage, but soon Oliver's meddling in his family affairs goes too far. Will his risky instructions save or ruin Heather's marriage, which is at the brink of crisis, when her husband comes back from Australia after a few years of separation? Will Oliver learn to accept his new circumstances? Will he finally face to the reality and start to rebuild his own life? In this compendium plot, Monica Dickens, with her typical attention to detail, humor and talent for creating vivid characters, explores complicated life stories of the close-knit family and their friends at the end of the war. The Happy Prisoner was first published in 1946.

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2008-11-04 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2008-11-04
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 734/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Man Who Invented Christmas by : Les Standiford

Download or read book The Man Who Invented Christmas written by Les Standiford. This book was released on 2008-11-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how Charles Dickens revived the signal holiday of the Western world—now a major motion picture. Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay. His publisher turned it down, so Dickens used what little money he had to put out A Christmas Carol himself. He worried it might be the end of his career as a novelist. The book immediately caused a sensation. And it breathed new life into a holiday that had fallen into disfavor, undermined by lingering Puritanism and the cold modernity of the Industrial Revolution. It was a harsh and dreary age, in desperate need of spiritual renewal, ready to embrace a book that ended with blessings for one and all. With warmth, wit, and an infusion of Christmas cheer, Les Standiford whisks us back to Victorian England, its most beloved storyteller, and the birth of the Christmas we know best. The Man Who Invented Christmas is a rich and satisfying read for Scrooges and sentimentalists alike.

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