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A Christmas carol : In prose. Being a ghost story of Christmas / By Charles Dickens. With illustrations by John Leech

A Christmas carol : In prose. Being a ghost story of Christmas / By Charles Dickens. With illustrations by John Leech

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A Christmas carol : In prose. Being a ghost story of Christmas / By Charles Dickens. With illustrations by John Leech

by Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)

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London ; New York [etc.] : G. Routledge , 1996. Copyright edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 254 p : front., plates ; 14 cm. Subjects; Leech, John 1817-1864. Christmas � Fiction. Christmas stories. Ghost stories.

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The full title of Charles Dickens' most famous work is technically A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas. This novella was published on December 19, 1843, and the first edition run of 6000 copies were sold out by Christmas Eve of that year. The publication of the first edition was fraught with complications, and even though the book was received to positive reviews, profits of the book fell far below Dickens' expectations, and the financial strain caused rifts between Dickens and the original publisher, Chapman & Hall.

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On Oct 7 2014, a reader said:
It was interesting to read this story and see what was from Dickens' original text and was part of the many movie adaptations about Scrooge evil ways coming back to haunt him.

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Title
A Christmas carol : In prose. Being a ghost story of Christmas / By Charles Dickens. With illustrations by John Leech
Author
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)
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Hardcover
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Copyright edition
Publisher
London ; New York [etc.] : G. Routledge
Date Published
1996

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