A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
List Price:
Our Price: $0.46
You Save: $3.53 (88%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Charles DickensEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-01-01
ISBN: 1580495796
Number of pages: 86
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc.
Book Reviews of A Christmas Carol
Book Review: Disappointing.
Summary: 1 Stars
Before reading A Christmas Carol, I automatically gave the book the highest regard probably because I was influenced by the Disney's movie version, at least that's what I thought the book will be like. It didn't turn out to be the case. Admittedly I am a huge fan of Charles Dickens' books and consider David Copperfield one of my favorite books, I felt A Christmas Carol a drastic departure from author's usual style. What I noticed the most in the book is the usage of the many five dollar words (This might be the reason, I realize now, that there are alternate versions of the story and especially in abridged form). Not only those words made the book difficult to read, they helped to provide detachment for me from enjoying the story and being immersed in the tale. What is worse, I simply didn't like the story all that much because I felt my motivation to be lacking when Ebenezer Scrooge was hand-picked for the journey. Thinking of the kind of a person he is, why can't a worthier person be selected? That's why I prefer the tale of It's a Wonderful Life over A Christmas Carol, and it did happen to a better person than Scrooge. One worst part about A Christmas Carol is the force to love Christmas to death. I am not too keen about this approach because it feels too religious in the wrong way. Then again, the entire book was too religious for my taste with a lot of overtones in a spiritual sense. Charles Dickens also gives poverty a role in A Christmas Carol, but I didn't like the part where a character is judged by how he views money as he sees fit. All in all, I found A Christmas Carol a disappointing read, and all of the characters were unmemorable for me.
Literature & Fiction Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Obsession as a theme in books, plays and films
Jude the Obscure (Dover Thrift Editions)by Thomas Hardy
Dover Publications; Published: 2006-12-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.71
Price in other shops:
The Chatham School Affairby Thomas H. Cook
Bantam; Published: 1997-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.38
Price in other shops:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novelby Milan Kundera
Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Published: 1999-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.70
Price in other shops:
Stalking and Violence: New Patterns of Trauma and Obsessionby Stephen J. Morewitz
Springer; Published: 2002-12-31; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $48.99
Price in other shops:
The Talented Mr. Ripleyby Patricia Highsmith
W.W. Norton & Co.; Published: 2008-06-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.97
Price in other shops:
Dangerous Liaisons (Penguin Classics)by Pierre-Ambrois-Francois Choderlos de Laclos
Penguin Classics; Published: 2007-10-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.93
Price in other shops:
The Fanby Peter Abrahams
Fawcett; Published: 2002-05; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.47
Price in other shops:
The Chosen: The History of an Idea, and the Anatomy of an Obsessionby Avi Beker
Palgrave Macmillan; Published: 2008-05-13; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $20.00
Price in other shops:
Last Days Madness: Obsession of the Modern Churchby Gary Demar
American Vision; Published: 1999-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $39.85
Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession With Cosmetic Surgeryby Alex Kuczynski
Doubleday; Published: 2006-10-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.95
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
Jane Eyre (Dover Thrift Editions)by Charlotte Brontė
Dover Publications; Published: 2003-01-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.80
Price in other shops:
A Christmas CarolTURNER HM ENTERTAINM; Release date: 2000-11-07; DVD
Best price: $4.89
Price in other shops:
A Christmas Carol (Ultimate Collector's Edition)(B/ W & Color)CHRISTMAS CAROL, A (DVD MOVIE); Release date: 2007-10-23; DVD
Best price: $8.49
Price in other shops:
A Christmas CarolTwentieth Century Fox; Release date: 1999-10-05; DVD
Best price: $5.85
Price in other shops:
The Hobbitby J.R.R. Tolkien
Graphia; Published: 2002-08-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.00
Price in other shops:
The Pearl (Centennial Edition)by John Steinbeck
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2002-01-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.58
Price in other shops:
The Giverby Lois Lowry
INGRAM BOOK & DISTRIBUTOR; Laurel Leaf; Published: 2002-09-10; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.76
Price in other shops:
To Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper Lee
Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Published: 2002-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.97
Price in other shops:
Night (Oprah's Book Club)by Elie Wiesel
Hill and Wang; Published: 2006-01-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.49
Price in other shops:
Animal Farmby George Orwell
1st World Library - Literary Society; Published: 2004-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.23
Price in other shops: