{"product_id":"christmas-books-wordsworth-classics","title":"Christmas Books (Wordsworth Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith illustrations by Edward Landseer, Daniel Maclise, Clarkson Stanfield, Frank Stone, Richard Doyle, John Leech and John Tenniel, and with a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn these five long stories, written specifically for Christmas, Dickens combines his concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional seasonal lore.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Christmas Carol, the first of the selection, has become a touchstone of English festive fiction and an enduring favourite internationally. Repeatedly adapted, parodied, staged and filmed, this richly influential tale is powerfully vivid and moving.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe other stories, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man, blend whimsy, sentiment, comedy, satire, the didactic and the fantastic, developing resourcefully the theme of individual and social regeneration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/charles-dickens-books\"\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781853262685\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wordsworth Editions","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47918313046193,"sku":"SB-1853262684-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1853262684.jpg?v=1789150652","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/christmas-books-wordsworth-classics","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}