A christmas carol / Canción de navidad

by Charles Dickens

La novela más conocida de Charles Dickens es, sin duda, Canción de Navidad, un tierno relato, o tal vez una fábula moral, sobre fantasmas, que fue un gran éxito desde el mismo día de su primera publicación. Una exaltación del espíritu navideño llena de buenas intenciones, que conmueve y apasiona a los lectores más exigentes. La narración comienza la noche de la víspera del día de Navidad, cuando Ebenezer Scrooge, el viejo avaro y tacaño más célebre de la literatura universal, recibe la visita del fantasma de su fallecido socio comercial, Jacob Marley, que le anuncia la llegada de tres nuevos espí los espectros de las pasadas Navidades, de la presente y de las futuras, con la intención de hacerle ver que no sigue un buen camino en su vida. ―Incluye un vocabulario imprescindible para facilitar la lectura y el aprendizaje del idioma.―

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 23, 2014

About the author

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.

Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.

Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted, and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris, is his best-known work of historical fiction. Dickens's creative genius has been praised by fellow writers—from Leo Tolstoy to George Orwell and G. K. Chesterton—for its realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterisations, and social criticism. On the other hand, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf complained of a lack of psychological depth, loose writing, and a vein of saccharine sentimentalism. The term Dickensian is used to describe something that is reminiscent of Dickens and his writings, such as poor social conditions or comically repulsive characters.

On 8 June 1870, Dickens suffered another stroke at his home after a full day's work on Edwin Drood. He never regained consciousness, and the next day he died at Gad's Hill Place. Contrary to his wish to be buried at Rochester Cathedral "in an inexpensive, unostentatious, and strictly private manner," he was laid to rest in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. A printed epitaph circulated at the time of the funeral reads: "To the Memory of Charles Dickens (England's most popular author) who died at his residence, Higham, near Rochester, Kent, 9 June 1870, aged 58 years. He was a sympathiser with the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed; and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world." His last words were: "On the ground", in response to his sister-in-law Georgina's request that he lie down.

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Paula Botana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un gran clásico que releer por Navidad.

[Colin Pocock · Rating 5 out of 5]

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I found the book to be a useful resource to learn new words it as basic but allowed me to follow

[Jan Felix · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sin duda uno de mis libros favoritos, la manera en que recuerda la importancia de la navidad en nuestras vidas es algo que amo.

[Krystie Herndon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dickens's story of Christmas is one of the best ever written, in my estimation. Heartening in any language!

[Carolina López · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es de fácil lectura en ambos idiomas, la trama es evidente pero lleva a una linda reflexión sobre la avaricia y el pasar el tiempo con los seres queridos, linda lectura para la época navideña

[Johanna H. · Rating 4 out of 5]

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