Book Description
A beautifully illustrated keepsake of a traditional, holiday favourit. Charles Dickens' classic never looked so good... Advance Praise for Mark Summers' illustrated edition... "Marik Summers's mastery of the engraved look evokes classical older times, but the way his illustrations draw you into the characters' emotions, the way Summers makes you share their pleasure, their joy or their fear brings this edition inot the vivid present. Now if this fellow Dickens is half as good a storyteller as his illustrator, I think the team might have a promising future -- Francoise Mouly, Art Editor, The New Yorker"

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A beautifully illustrated keepsake of a traditional, holiday favourit. Charles Dickens' classic never looked so good... Advance Praise for Mark Summers' illustrated edition... "Marik Summers's mastery of the engraved look evokes classical older times, but the way his illustrations draw you into the characters' emotions, the way Summers makes you share their pleasure, their joy or their fear brings this edition inot the vivid present. Now if this fellow Dickens is half as good a storyteller as his illustrator, I think the team might have a promising future -- Francoise Mouly, Art Editor, The New Yorker"

ANNOTATION

I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of
an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with them-
selves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt
their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.
CHARLES DICKENS
DECEMBER, 1843

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to pout his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.

So begins Charles Dickens's timeless tale of brotherly love, charity, and redemption. A Christmas Carol has transcended generations, captivating new readers and rekindling hearts 160 years after its first publication. With an unforgettable cast of characters, it beautifully recounts Ebenezer Scrooge's life-changing encounters with four ghostly visitors. Traveling through Christmases Past, Present, and Yet To Come, he is transformed in one night from a hard-hearted and insensitive miser to a generous and caring man.

Featuring stunning full-page, full-color artwork by award-winning illustrator Mark Summers, this gift edition also includes a selection of the artist's original pencil sketches and an introduction by Mitch Glazer, a Dickens enthusiast and screenwriter for the films Scrooged (1988) and Great Expectations (1998). An appendix containing a chronology of Dickens's life and a list of terms and phrases provide background information that places both Dickens and A Christmas Carol within the context of their era.

For many, A Christmas Carol is as much a part of the holiday season as gift giving, mistletoe, and caroling; now this richly illustrated edition brings this most beloved of Christmas tales vividly to life.

Mark Summers is an award-winning illustrator whose work appears regularly in The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic Monthly, and Time magazine. Recipient of the prestigious Hamilton King Award, he is also the illustrator for Barnes & Noble's illustrated editions of Moby-Dick and Gulliver's Travels. He currently lives in Ontario with his wife and daughter.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Charles Dickens, paid by the word—still the best bargain of Western literature—and mark Summers's drawings of A Christmas Carol are found gold in the pocket of a favorite jacket.— Bill Murray

Mark Summers's mastery of the engraved look evokes classical older times, but the way his illustrations draw you into the characters' emotions, the way Summers makes you share their pleasure, their joy, or their fear, brings this edition into the vivid present. Now if this fellow Dickens is half as good a storyteller as his illustrator, I think the team might have a promising future.
The New Yorker, Art Editor — Francoise Mouly