A Christmas Carol
128 páginas. Rústica con solapas. 15 x 21,6 cm. Drakul.
Synopsis
Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser, is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.
Biography of the author
Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 – 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today. He is the author of Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations among other works.
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