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A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and The Cricket On The Hearth

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<div><h3>Synopsis</h3> A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and The Cricket on the Hearth, by Charles Dickens, is part of the Barnes &amp; Noble Classics series,
 which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and 
the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and 
pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable 
features of Barnes &amp; Noble Classics: <ul><li>New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars </li><li>Biographies of the authors </li><li>Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events </li><li>Footnotes and endnotes </li><li>Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work </li><li>Comments by other famous authors </li><li>Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations </li><li>Bibliographies for further reading </li><li>Indices &amp; Glossaries, when appropriate</li></ul>All
 editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior 
specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes &amp; Noble Classics pulls
 together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and 
literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.Generations of readers have been enchanted by Dickens’s A Christmas Carol—the
 most cheerful ghost story ever written, and the unforgettable tale of 
Ebenezer Scrooge’s moral regeneration. Written in just a few weeks, A Christmas Carol
 famously recounts the plight of Bob Cratchit, whose family finds joy 
even in poverty, and the transformation of his miserly boss Scrooge as 
he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. From Scrooge’s “Bah!” and “Humbug!” to Tiny Tim’s “God bless us every one!” A Christmas Carol shines with warmth, decency, kindness, humility, and the value of the holidays. But beneath its sentimental surface, A Christmas Carol
 offers another of Dickens’s sharply critical portraits of a brutal 
society, and an inspiring celebration of the possibility of spiritual, 
psychological, and social change. This new volume collects Dickens’s three most renowned “Christmas Books,” including The Chimes, a New Year’s tale, and The Cricket on the Hearth, whose eponymous creature remains silent during sorrow and chirps amid happiness.Katharine
 Kroeber Wiley, the daughter of a scholar and a sculptor, has a degree 
in English Literature from Occidental College. Her work has appeared in Boundary Two and the recent book, Lore of the Dolphin. She is currently working on a book on Victorian Christmas writings. <h3> The Barnes &amp; Noble Review </h3> 
 "That old chestnut? Yeah, I read it as kid...or saw the play, same 
thing. I'll bet I could practically recite it word for word in my sleep.
 Why, just the other night it was on television...you remember, the one 
with Bill Murray?" If this is your attitude when someone brings up 
Charles Dickens's devastating story of spiritual decay and desperate 
renewal, it's probably time to find yourself a copy of the original, 
just so you can truly recall what all the fuss was about in the first 
place. The famous plot is what we know perhaps too well, but take a 
moment to savor Dickens as a wizard of description and comparison, as 
much here as in Bleak House or Great Expectations. Here, as in The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth,
 the body and its needs are often the source of inspiration: a caroler's
 nose is "gnawed and mumbled by the hungry cold as bones are gnawed by 
dogs," a fiddler tunes his instrument "like fifty stomach-aches," and 
Scrooge visits his future grave in a churchyard "choked up with too much
 burying; fat with repleted appetite." Of course, Dickens earned his 
reputation as a sentimentalist but backed up his tear-jerking 
craftsmanship with an implacable emotional appeal. Scrooge is no stage 
cariacature of a miser but a reflection of the human heart, just as 
important (and as worth saving from misery) as Tiny Tim. Darker and 
wiser than they're given credit for being, these tales are true gifts to
 readers, from an imagination that was nothing if not generous to a 
fault. --Bill Tipper <a name="moreReviewsContentTrigger_5" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Christmas-Carol-The-Chimes-The-Cricket-on-the-Hearth/Charles-Dickens/e/9781593080334/?pt=BK&amp;stage=bookproduct&amp;pwb=2#TABS" class="left-arrow-small">More Reviews and Recommendations</a> <a name="moreReviewsContentTrigger_6" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Christmas-Carol-The-Chimes-The-Cricket-on-the-Hearth/Charles-Dickens/e/9781593080334/?pt=BK&amp;stage=bookproduct&amp;pwb=2#TABS" class="left-arrow-small">More Reviews and Recommendations</a> <h3>Biography</h3> Charles
 Dickens is probably the greatest novelist England ever produced. His 
innate comic genius and shrewd depictions of Victorian life -- along 
with his memorable characters -- have made him beloved by readers the 
world over. In Dickens' books live some of the most repugnant villains 
in literature, as well as some of the most likeable (and unlikely) 
heroes.</div>

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