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A Christmas carol : the original manuscript edition / Charles Dickens ; foreword by Colm Tóibín ; introduction by Declan Kiely.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 (author.). Tóibín, Colm, 1955- (writer of foreword.). Kiely, Declan, (writer of introduction.). Pierpont Morgan Library, (associated institution.).

Summary:

A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

"A first-ever trade edition of the original manuscript of the beloved Christmas classic. 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."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780393608649
ISBN: 0393608646
Physical Description: xxxvii, 137 pages : facsimiles ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York ; London : [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Published in association with the Morgan Library & Museum."
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword / Colm Tóibín -- Introduction / Declan Kiely -- A note on the transcription -- A Christmas carol. The original manuscript ; Preface ; Stave I: Marley's ghost ; Stave II: The first of the three spirits ; Stave III: The second of the three spirits ; Stave IV: The last of the spirits ; Stave V: The end of it -- Acknowledgments -- About the Morgan Library & Museum.