LEADER 01378nam 22002893u 450 001 9910160672803321 005 20230803040953.0 010 $a1-304-03413-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000508612 035 $a(EBL)1669946 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000508612 100 $a20151123d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aChristmas Carol$b[electronic resource] 210 $cSheba Blake Publishing$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 330 $a Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol is the story of the mean and pusillanimous Ebenezer Scrooge, whose mind gets blown after he's visited by the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Inspired by the ghastly conditions in which the poorest children of London lived and worked, Dickens wanted to do something to change the situation, but was at odds about how to help matters. He was going to write a pamphlet that was an appeal to reform, but after giving a speech to a charity in Manchester the plot for A Christmas Carol came to him, which he decided would deliver a mor 700 $aDickens$b Charles$0154882 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910160672803321 996 $aChristmas carol$913136 997 $aUNINA