One of six beloved Christmas classics in collectible hardcover
editions
First published on December 19, 1843, A Christmas Carol was an instant
classic: Londoners thronged to hear Dickens read it in person and bought
out the first printing in days. Its reception was so ecstatic that it is
credited with helping to revive interest among the Victorians in
Christmas traditions, including caroling and holiday cards, as well as
inciting an unexpected wave of charitable giving from Britain's
Industrial Age robber barons. Originally conceived as a pamphlet against
exploitative capitalism before taking its current form, it has inspired
dozens of theatrical and movie adaptions, and its characters, from
Scrooge to Tiny Tim, are forever inscribed in our hearts and minds.
Penguin Christmas Classics
Give the gift of literature this Christmas.
Penguin Christmas Classics honor the power of literature to keep on
giving through the ages. The six volumes in the series are not only our
most beloved Christmas tales, they also have given us much of what we
love about the holiday itself. A Christmas Carol revived in Victorian
England such Christmas hallmarks as the Christmas tree, holiday cards,
and caroling. The Yuletide yarns of Anthony Trollope popularized
throughout the British Empire and around the world the trappings of
Christmas in London. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus created
the origin story for the presiding spirit of Christmas as we know it.
The holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott shaped the ideal of an American
Christmas. The Night Before Christmas brought forth some of our
earliest Christmas traditions as passed down through folk tales. And
The Nutcracker inspired the most famous ballet in history, one seen by
millions in the twilight of every year.
Beautifully designed hardcovers--with foil-stamped jackets, decorative
endpapers, and nameplates for personalization--in a small trim size that
makes them perfect stocking stuffers, Penguin Christmas Classics embody
the spirit of giving that is at the heart of our most time-honored
stories about the holiday.
Collect all six Penguin Christmas Classics:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Christmas at Thompson Hall: And Other Christmas Stories by Anthony
Trollope
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
A Merry Christmas: And Other Christmas Stories by Louisa May Alcott
The Night Before Christmas by Nikolai Gogol
The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of
classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700
titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works
throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the
series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and
notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as
up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
