AChristmasCarolisoneofCharlesDickens’mostlovedbooks-atrueclassicandaChristmastimemust-read.EbenezerScroogeisamean,miserable,bitteroldmanwithnofriends.OnecoldChristmasEve,threeghoststakehimonascaryjourneytoshowhimtheerrorofhisnastyways.Byvisitinghispast,presentandfuture,ScroogelearnstoloveChristmasandthepeopleallaroundhim.Withalight-heartedintroductionbybestsellingauthorAnthonyHorowitz,creatorofthehighlysuccessfulAlexRidernovels,mostrecentlySnakehead.CharlesDickens(1812-70)isoneofthemostrecognizedcelebritiesofEnglishliterature.Hisimagination,wit,masteryofthelanguageandhugecreativeoutputsinglehimoutasoneofthefewpeoplewhogenuinelydeservetobecalledgenius.Hehadapoverty-strickenchildhoodandwasdeterminedtoimprovehimself.ByhisearlytwentieshefoundajobasaparliamentaryreporterandinhissparetimewrotesketchesofLondonlifefornewspapersandmagazines.ThepublicationofPickwickPapers(1836)broughthimthefameandfortunehecraved.HewrotemanyotherfamousbooksincludingOliverTwist,GreatExpectationsandATaleofTwoCities.
