★ 入选英国《卫报》评选的“人生必读的100本书”。 ★ 入选BBC评选的“有史以来最伟大的100部小说”。 ★ 村上春树推荐的阅读书目。 ★ 金庸先生最喜欢的圣诞故事集。 ★ 狄更斯最受欢迎、再版次数最多的作品。 ★ 凭借该文狄更斯被称为“发明圣诞节的人”。 ★ 著名译者吴钧陶、裘因、陈漪倾心翻译。国内优质译本。 ★ 本丛书由翻译名家柳鸣九主 编，多位著名翻译家、学者编选，极具收藏价值。 人们对狄更斯的谈论将超过对我们这个世纪里任何人的谈论。狄更斯为世界增加了愉快，千百万双眼睛在读他的书的时候泪光莹莹。他把欢笑重新种植到了成千上万人欢笑早已凋谢和被掩埋了的胸中。他的影响远远超出了文学范围。 ——〔奥地利〕斯特凡•茨威格 《圣诞故事集》共有五篇小说：《圣诞颂歌》、《教堂钟声》、《炉边蟋蟀》、《人生的战斗》、《着魔的人》。这几篇圣诞故事先后发表于184...(展开全部)

英国小说家，出生于海军小职员家庭，10岁时全家被迫迁入负债者监狱，11岁就承担起繁重的家务劳动。曾在皮鞋作坊当学徒，16岁时在律师事务所当缮写员，后担任报社采访记者。他只上过几年学，全靠刻苦自学和艰辛劳动成为知名作家。 他生活在英国由半封建社会向工业资本主义社会的过渡时期。其作品广泛而深刻地描写这时期社会生活的各个方面，鲜明而生动地刻画了各阶层的代表人物形象，并从人道主义出发对各种丑恶的社会现象及其代表人物进行揭露批判，对劳动人民的苦难及其反抗斗争给以同情和支持。但同时他也宣扬以“仁爱”为中心的忍让宽恕和阶级调和思想。对劳动人民的反抗斗争抱行动上支持而道德上否定的矛盾态度。表现了他的现实主义的强大力量和软弱空想。 狄更斯一生共创作了14部长篇小说，许多中、短篇小说和杂文、游记、戏剧、小品。其中最著名的作品是描写劳资矛盾的长篇代表作《艰难时代》（185...(展开全部)

★ 入选英国《卫报》评选的“人生必读的100本书”。 ★ 入选BBC评选的“有史以来最伟大的100部小说”。 ★ 村上春树推荐的阅读书目。 ★ 金庸先生最喜欢的圣诞故事集。 ★ 狄更斯最受欢迎、再版次数最多的作品。 ★ 凭借该文狄更斯被称为“发明圣诞节的人”。 ★ 著名译者吴钧陶、裘因、陈漪倾心翻译。国内优质译本。 ★ 本丛书由翻译名家柳鸣九主 编，多位著名翻译家、学者编选，极具收藏价值。 人们对狄更斯的谈论将超过对我们这个世纪里任何人的谈论。狄更斯为世界增加了愉快，千百万双眼睛在读他的书的时候泪光莹莹。他把欢笑重新种植到了成千上万人欢笑早已凋谢和被掩埋了的胸中。他的影响远远超出了文学范围。 ——〔奥地利〕斯特凡•茨威格 《圣诞故事集》共有五篇小说：《圣诞颂歌》、《教堂钟声》、《炉边蟋蟀》、《人生的战斗》、《着魔的人》。这几篇圣诞故事先后发表于184...(展开全部)

从1843年到1848年间（1847年除外），狄更斯每年圣诞节发表一部中篇小说，共得五篇，集结出版后名为《圣诞故事集》。这些小说绝不仅仅是纯粹的应景式作品，它们集中表现了作者调和社会矛盾的梦想褐感伤失望的情绪。仅以其中最著名的《圣诞欢歌》为例，故事描写了一个吝啬的老商人再圣诞夜被三个幽灵带着遍览穷苦人的善意，狠心人的下场，于是从此变为慷慨仁爱之人。……《圣诞故事集》在英国深入人心，其中的人物几乎家喻户晓。许多评论家认为，它的出版，标志着狄更斯的创作进入了繁荣期。 ◎狄更斯极为深入人心的作品，堪称改变了历史。正因为这部作品，他被称为“发明圣诞节的人”。 ◎收入名家约翰•里奇、阿瑟•拉克姆等名家插图 ◎小说结构非常齐整，在人物刻画方面，更是入木三分。不光主人公的形象让人印象深刻，配角们也是千姿百态。 上海译文出版社获企鹅-兰登独家授权装帧，通过原版装帧、...(展开全部)

Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol at a time when the British were examining and exploring Christmas traditions from the past, such as carols, as well as new customs such as Christmas trees. He was influenced by experiences from his own past, and from the Christmas stories of other authors, including Washington Irving and Douglas Jerrold. Dickens had written three Christmas stories prior to the novella, and was inspired to write the story following a visit to the Field Lane Ragged school, one of several establishments for London's half-starved, illiterate street children. It's a very special Christmas Eve when Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts. This short story is a Christmas classic featuring the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The treatment of the poor and the ability of a self-interested man redeeming himself by transforming into a more sympathetic character are the key themes of the story. There is discussion among academics as to whether this was a fully secular story, or if it is a Christian allegory.

A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843; the first edition was illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an old miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.In his "Ghostly little book," Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world's most adapted and imitated stories. We know Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, not only as fictional characters, but also as icons of the true meaning of Christmas in a world still plagued with avarice and cynicism.

Charles Dickens began work on a book to help supplement his family's meager income because of heavily in debt and obligated to his publisher. That volume In October 1843, A Christmas Carol, has long since become one of the most beloved stories in the English language. As much a part of the holiday season as holly, mistletoe, and evergreen wreaths, this perennial favorite continues to delight new readers and rekindle thoughts of charity and goodwill. With its characters exhibiting many qualities - as well as failures - often ascribed to Dickens himself, the imaginative and entertaining tale relates Ebenezer Scrooge's eerie encounters with a series of spectral visitors. Journeying with them through Christmases past, present, and future, he is ultimately transformed from an arrogant, obstinate, and insensitive miser to a generous, warmhearted, and caring human being. Written by one of England's greatest and most popular novelists, A Christmas Carol has come to epitomize the true meaning of Christmas.

A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843; the first edition was illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an old miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.In his "Ghostly little book," Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world's most adapted and imitated stories. We know Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, not only as fictional characters, but also as icons of the true meaning of Christmas in a world still plagued with avarice and cynicism.

Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol at a time when the British were examining and exploring Christmas traditions from the past, such as carols, as well as new customs such as Christmas trees. He was influenced by experiences from his own past, and from the Christmas stories of other authors, including Washington Irving and Douglas Jerrold. Dickens had written three Christmas stories prior to the novella, and was inspired to write the story following a visit to the Field Lane Ragged school, one of several establishments for London's half-starved, illiterate street children. It's a very special Christmas Eve when Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts. This short story is a Christmas classic featuring the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The treatment of the poor and the ability of a self-interested man redeeming himself by transforming into a more sympathetic character are the key themes of the story. There is discussion among academics as to whether this was a fully secular story, or if it is a Christian allegory.