A Christmas Carol (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)

Charles Dickens

In October 1843, Charles Dickens—heavily in debt and obligated to his publisher—began work on a book to help supplement his family's meager income. That volume, _A Christmas Carol_, has long since become one of the most beloved stories in the English language.

As much a part of the holiday season as holly, mistletoe, and evergreen wreaths, this perennial favorite continues to delight new readers and rekindle thoughts of charity and goodwill.

**With its characters exhibiting many qualities—as well as failures—often ascribed to Dickens himself, the imaginative and entertaining tale relates Ebenezer Scrooge's eerie encounters with a series of spectral visitors.** Journeying with them through Christmases past, present, and future, he is ultimately transformed from an arrogant, obstinate, and insensitive miser to a generous, warmhearted, and caring human being.

Written by one of England's greatest and most popular novelists, _A Christmas Carol_ has come to epitomize the true meaning of Christmas.