Christmas Carol : The Original Manuscript Edition by Charles Dickens and Colm Tóibín (2016, Hardcover)

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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393608646
ISBN-139780393608649
eBay Product ID (ePID)219639244

Product Key Features

Book TitleChristmas Carol : the Original Manuscript Edition
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicClassics
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorCharles Dickens, Colm Tóibín
FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight15.8 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-019940
ReviewsA perennial holiday favorite is immortalized with a singular trade edition of the original manuscript. . . . Impressively produced and crisply analyzed by both [Colm] Tibn and [Declan] Kiely, [it] harbors the potential to joyfully transform a burdensome year of 'misery to merriness.' A unique, ageless Yuletide treasure for fans and collectors alike., 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., A perennial holiday favorite is immortalized with a singular trade edition of the original manuscript. . . . Impressively produced and crisply analyzed by both [Colm] Tóibín and [Declan] Kiely, [it] harbors the potential to joyfully transform a burdensome year of 'misery to merriness.' A unique, ageless Yuletide treasure for fans and collectors alike., [Dickens's] handwritten pages, digitally photographed in full color for the first time. . . . Now [readers] can see more clearly how [A Christmas Carol] came to be.
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SynopsisEvery year at the holidays, the historic Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan displays one of the crown jewels of its extraordinary collection: the original manuscript of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol , with its detailed emendations, deletions, and insertions in Dickens's own hand. Here, for the first time in a beautiful trade edition, A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript Edition presents 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 Tóibín celebrating its timeless appeal., Every year at the holidays, the historic Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan displays one of the crown jewels of its extraordinary collection: the original manuscript of Charles Dickens sA Christmas Carol, with its detailed emendations, deletions, and insertions in Dickens s own hand. Here, for the first time in a beautiful trade edition, Editiotypeset 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.", Every year at the holidays, the historic Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan displays one of the crown jewels of its extraordinary collection: the original manuscript of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, with its detailed emendations, deletions, and insertions in Dickens's own hand. Here, for the first time in a beautiful trade edition, A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript Edition presents 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 Tóibín celebrating its timeless appeal.
LC Classification NumberPR4572.A1 2016

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  • Seeing Dicken's story notes add so much, for me.

    Love this edition with Mr. Dickens own handwritten notes! I think it ads so much seeing them. While I have read this story before, when I heard of this special book, I just had to have it.!

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    It's a beautiful book I'm giving as a Christmas gift.

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