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It's Christmastime in London, and overworked Bob Cratchit and his family, including poorly Tiny Tim, find joy and cheer even in poverty. Meanwhile Bob's boss, the selfish, miserly old Ebenezer Scrooge, is deeply bitter about the festive season. However, when Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come, the error of his ways is revealed with haunting clarity. Dickens's timeless classic, which has popularised phrases...
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"Have your book and eat it, too, with this clever edition of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol featuring delicious recipes from celebrity chefs. Plan your perfect Christmas feast with a carefully curated menu of holiday dishes, from succulent baked ham to smashed root vegetables. And top it all off with fruitcake cookies and pecan pie. Celebrate the holiday with a good meal and a good book!"--Amazon.
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"First published in 1843, 'A Christmas Carol' is Charles Dickens' touching fable about Ebenezer Scrooge's conversion from miserable penny -pincher to jovial benefactor. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by a series of ghosts who show him the error of his ways. With this story, Dickens captured the "spirit of benevolence" we now assume to be the essence of the Christmas Season, and immortalized both himself and his protagonist. This beautiful...
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Letras mayúsculas. Clásicos universales volume 10
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A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future, in a story with background information on Dickens and his times.
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Little Red Riding Hood: After meeting a wolf on her way through the woods, a young girl finds her grandmother horribly changed.
Pea blossom: Five yellow peas go out into the world to seek their fortunes.
Nightingale: All people who hear the nightingale in a nearby wood find her song even more beautiful than the emperor's palace.
Man in the moon: The Man in the Moon has a difficult time of it when he decides to visit Earth one summer evening.