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Signature Classics : A Christmas Carol 5 reviews
Charles Dickens
Trident Reference Publishing, 2000
A Classic of the Christmas Spirit
When I read the Dicken's classic, A Christmas Carol, I was thrilled. The story I had watched so many times on TV had unfolded in my hands. If you loved the movies than you will love the book even more. It is a true classic for all ages
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A Christmas Carol7 reviews
Charles Dickens
Prestwick House Inc., 2005
Even the Blind Mans Dog avoided Scrooge!
This is the most heartwarming story EVER written about Yuletide, the story is truly magical. It captures the very essence of what Christmas is all about.
I like to start reading it every December, just to get into that "Christmassy" mood, it's a lot more effective then "Bottled" Christmas spirits.
But let us not forget as the author is at pains to point out;
Marley was dead,.... to begin ...
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A Christmas Carol (Reissue)30 reviews
Charles Dickens
Simon & Schuster Audio, 1992
Fantastic Reading
Stewart does an amazing job reading the story. It must be an incredible one-man show. He does all the voices and the sound effects. For example, he just says "ding" for the ringing of the clock as it strikes the top of the hour, but in the way Patrick Stewart does it he pulls you into Scrooge's nervous anticipation of the striking of the final bell. Using different intonations and voices, Stewart ...
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Little Dorrit9 reviews
Packard Technologies, 2004
My favorite Dickens novel
I disagree with those who say this was not one of Dickens's best novels; on the contrary, I feel it is one of his very best. I believe many critics and those who study Dickens would agree. I had a difficult time getting into the book after the initial few chapters but was richly rewarded as I continued on. The length of the book is quite intimidating; however, it is well worth the effort to ...
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A Christmas Carol and The Night Before Christmas, Deluxe Edition (Literary Classics)4 reviews
Charles Dickens, Clement C. Moore
Gramercy, 2006
Beautiful Book
This is a beautiful book. Hard cover, black leather, with gilt pages and Title.
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A Christmas Carol read by Jim Dale14 reviews
Charles Dickens, Listening Library
Listening Library (Audio), 2004
Charles Dickens and Jim Dale are Outstanding!
Fabulous from beginning to end. Jim Dale's performance makes the characters in the book come to life. I highly recommend it.
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Bleak House3 reviews
Fictionwise Classic, 2003
Beautiful edition of Dickens' masterpiece
I had read Bleak House in college. My book at the time was a used version with pages falling out. Since I decided to reread the book this summer, I wanted to get a newer edition. I chose Modern Library Classics because it preserved a lot of the original illustrations when the work was first published. Of course, Dickens' opus is marvelous, and I recommend you read his story on the ...
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A Christmas Carol16 reviews
Charles Dickens
audible.com
One of the pillars of the Christmas season
A Christmas Carol
It was my goal this December to read to my children, ages seven, nine and 14, the Christmas Carol story by Dickens so that they would know the original before seeing the movie. I also thought this would be an accessible way for them to get oriented to English literature and prepare them for further reading.
The requirements of the Christmas Carol book to be purchased ...
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Annotated Christmas Carol3 reviews
Charles Dickens
Random House Value Publishing, 1989
Annotated Dickens
A Christmas Carol is one of the greatest works of the 19th Century and is easier for most Americans to read then most of his novels. However, American English of today is vastly different from the English prose of Dickens. Also Dickens often makes references to events or historical figures that most Americans are ignorant of. Open up the first page of one of CD's most brillant works, MARTIN ...
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Christmas Carol3 reviews
Charles Dickens
Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1997
make it an annual tradition
I'll not insult you all by describing the action of this classic novella, nor belabor the lesson taught. I'm sure even Mowgli the Jungle Boy must have heard this story once a year growing up in the jungle. But with all the TV and movie and cartoon and Muppet iterations (the best of which remains the 1951 Alastair Sim movie version), when's the last time you went back and actually read the ...
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A Christmas Carol: A Young Reader's Edition of the Classic Holiday Tale3 reviews
Charles Dickens
Running Press Kids, 2000
A Christmas Carol
There is something for everyone in this book. It contains the story of a mean man who receives redemption. Ebeneezer is able to change only with the intervention of three ghostly visitors. They come to him and show his past, present, and future. Throughout the journey, the reader has a chance to see possible mistakes that Scrooge made and how he has suffered from it. This is not only a ...
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Sketched by Boz (Nonsuch Classics)2 reviews
Charles Dickens
Nonsuch Publishing, 2007
Sketches by Boz [Penguin Classics edition]
In bookstores and libraries, literary classics are a dime a dozen. There are so many different editions available of each that the problem becomes one not of finding a good read but of selecting the edition of it that's right for you. Charles Dickens is perhaps the most popular of the past masters. All his books are enormously entertaining, whether he's writing about the tragedies of this ...
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Two Histories of England: By Jane Austen and Charles Dickens2 reviews
Jane Austen, Charles Dickens
Ecco, 2007
Great
This was a present for my daughter. She's an english major and loved the book.
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The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens2 reviews
Charles Dickens
Franklin Watts, 1983
Ghost Stories to last you a lifetime
Dickens is considered a genius in the area of the macabre. And it makes one consider whether genius is born to one or developed/influenced at an early age. In any case, his classic stories will never be forgotten. This collection includes all of Dickens's 20 ghost stories which include: Captain Murderer and the Devil's Bargain; The Lawyer and the Ghost; The Queer Chair; The Ghosts of the Mail; A ...
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A Tale of Two Cities (Naxos AudioBooks)2 reviews
Charles Dickens
Naxos Audiobooks, 2005
Wonderful!
I really enjoyed this recording of A Tale of Two Cities. The reading is masterful. I will issue one warning--I bought this for a family car trip and quickly found that this recording (and maybe most Dickens) are not for the casual listener. It seems to help to have some experience with literature in general and/or with Dickens's style specifically. It wasn't easy for some members of my family ...
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Oxford Illustrated Dickens (21 Volume Set)2 reviews
Charles Dickens
Oxford University Press, USA, 1987
Once upon a time...
Once upon a time, I had a terrible cold. I dropped by the library and took out a copy of The Old Curiosity Shop, went home, huddled in my bed for four days, and devoured it. It was the best cold I ever had! Upon returning the book I noticed there was a whole collection of Dickens put out by Oxford...lovely hardcovers with illustrations. Years went by and I saved my pennies and finally bought ...
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David Copperfield3 reviews
EbooksLib, 2004
One of the finest books in English
This book excels marvelously on two fronts - style and story. Dickens has a masterful style that uses to good effect the best elements of English. His prose is simply wonderful.
The story is also tremendous. Its wraps up a little too tidy, but that is the Dicken's style. The characters are vividly painted and the failures and triumphs feel as real as can be.
It is a masterpiece I ...
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Great Expectations3 reviews
Charles Dickens
W. W. Norton, 1999
One of the Greatest Novels Ever Written
Why do I come here to "review" this? It isn't anyone's book club selection, no. But tonight I want to talk about this incomparably rich and wonderful book, and how as a fourteen year old kid I simply sank into it, taking it slowly week by week, glorying in its mysteries, its great grotesque portrait of Miss Havisham in her rotting bridal finery, its often painful recounting of a young boy's ...
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The Shepherd And Other Christmas Stories: The Gift Of The Magi, The Cricket On The Hearth, Yes, Virginia ...2 reviews
Frederick Forsyth, O. Henry, ...
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Audio), 2004
The Shepherd & other Xmas Stories
In Canada people start calling the CBC in early December to ask when they will broadcast the story, "The Shepherd" read on the radio by the late Alan Maitland. I suspect that much of Canada was quiet the last half hour when they just played it on Radio One.
It is a tense & beautiful spirit/ghost story about a young RAF pilot lost over the North Sea on Xmas Eve.
I highly recommend it for its ...
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Dickens audio boxed set (Penguin Classics)3 reviews
Charles Dickens
Penguin Audio, 1997
The Charles Dickens Collection
Which home does not have Dickens on their shelves? We have sought to have our children learn from the great thinkers of all times and truly Dickens is one the greatest! This collection is a must. Not only is it Dickens, but Alex Jennings is fantastic as he reads with such life and vigor! It is nice and relaxing to let him do the reading...his example challenges the children to want to read ...
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