A Christmas Carol : Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

In this hauntingly beautiful volume, artist John A. Rice re-envisions Dickens's seemingly familiar Christmas classic as a true Victorian ghost story.���The Victorians knew that the end of the year is a precipice, a time of change and transition. They captured the essence of this season - the yearning for what is lost, the fear of the unknown, but also the hope for what is to come - in the fantastical storytelling tradition known as the "midwinter's tale." And of all such tales, the most famous is A Christmas Carol. In his new illustrated edition of A Christmas Carol, John A. Rice draws on the influence of Victorian Spiritualism and fin de si�cle Symbolism to emphasise the deeper symbolism and spirituality of Dickens's novella. Through five absorbing full-page illustrations and a number of enchanting vignettes - married to an elegant typographic design - Rice reveals Scrooge's encounters with the spirits as a soul's journey from darkness to light. This is a fresh presentation of a seemingly familiar classic, one that will inspire contemporary audiences to heed the lessons of the ghosts - just as Dickens intended - and be kind to each other this holiday season and all throughout the year.