Author(s): Charles Dickens; Arthur Rackham (Illustrator)

Classics

A Christmas Carol by a British classic Charles Dickens usually known just as a fairy-tale novel. A Christmas Carol was published in 1843.This Dickens' novel consists of five chapters. The main character is an old gloomy miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who doesn't love anyone or anything except his money. He doesn't understand why everybody is so happy about Christmas and with disgust, refuses the invitation from his kind nephew to celebrate this holiday together with his family.On Christmas Eve, the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley appeared in front of Scrooge, and it changed him drastically...Among all the stories about Christmas this one became the most popular story about Christmas in Great Britain and outside the country.