A Christmas Carol - The Original Manuscript - With Original Illustrations - Softcover

Dickens, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781390681 ISBN 13: 9781781390689

Publisher: Benediction Classics, 2012

Synopsis

Charles Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" in six weeks at the end of 1843, during a particularly intense time of creativity. He was having financial difficulties and was determined to have the manuscript ready for publication for the Christmas market. This book contains a clear copy Dickens' one and only manuscript, written by his hand, with his revisions and corrections evident on every page. The revisions show how Dickens made the verbs become more active, the number of words became fewer, achieving greater immediacy and vividness. This manuscript was handed to the printer in this form and was published on 19th December 1843. This edition has each of the 66 pages of the original manuscript copied onto the left hand page and the corresponding words typed on the right hand page. The book also contains the eight original illustrations by John Leech, the four color illustrations are on the cover of the book.

About this title

About the Author:

After a childhood blighted by poverty, commercial success came early to Charles Dickens (1812-70). By the age of 24, he was an international sensation whose new novels were eagerly anticipated. Two centuries later, Dickens' popularity endures as readers revel in the warm humanity and rollicking humor of his tales of self-discovery.

About this edition

• Publisher: Benediction Classics
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1781390681
• ISBN 13: 9781781390689
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 166
• Illustrator: Leech John