A Christmas Carol

The Original Manuscript Edition

Charles Dickens, Colm Tóibín

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English

W W Norton & Co
02 December 2016

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Each year on the 1st of December, I head to my bookshelf and enjoy one of my favourite Christmas traditions- reading the classic 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens. From the famous opening line 'Marley was dead: to begin with' I am right back in the evocative Dickensian streets, lightening to carols and smelling the roasted chestnuts. Without fail I will be overcome with emotion by the kindly Bob Cratchit and his family and as always, I will enjoy reading it as if for the first time. One of my absolute favourites! Siân McNabney

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Every Christmas, the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan displays one of the crown jewels of its extraordinary collection: the original manuscript of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol with its detailed emendations, deletions and insertions in Dickens' hand.

Here for the first time in a beautiful trade edition is a facsimile of that invaluable manuscript, along with a typeset version of the story, a fascinating introduction by the Morgan's chief literary curator on the history of the story and a new foreword by Colm Toibin celebrating its timeless appeal.

By: Charles Dickens
Foreword by: Colm Tóibín
Imprint: W W Norton & Co
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 464g
ISBN: 9780393608649
ISBN 10: 0393608646
Publication Date: 02 December 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript Edition

There's now a gorgeous new edition to enjoy, printed from the original manuscript, and complete with the author's deletions and insertions. -- Yours It is thrilling to have, for the first time available to everyone, a superbly-produced facsimile of the manuscript of A Christmas Carol, which enables us to follow every stroke of Dickens's pen as, in a white heat of excitement, he creates his timeless Christmas masterpiece. -- Michael Slater, author of Charles Dickens