"A Christmas Carol" was first published in 1843 in London by Chapman & Hall; since then this book has never been out of print. With this famous novella Charles Dickens was the first author to reach a large amount of readers and making them think about an humanitarian vision of the Christmas holidays. This book contains a special appendix from Home life of great authors written by Hattie Griswold in 1891 with some curious notes and descriptions about the private life of Charles Dickens.
About the Author
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.
