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Christmas Carol de Charles Dickens

Christmas Carol

Autor Charles Dickens Ilustrat de Karen Donnelly
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 noi 2007

Găsim în paginile acestei ediții A Christmas Carol o atmosferă ce pendulează între frigul tăios al Londrei victoriene și căldura unei speranțe redobândite. Încă de la primele rânduri, suntem avertizați că moartea lui Marley este un fapt cert, o ancoră necesară pentru ca elementul miraculos care urmează să aibă greutate. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care Charles Dickens reușește să transforme un personaj dezolant precum Ebenezer Scrooge într-un vehicul pentru o critică socială profundă, fără a sacrifica însă farmecul unei povești despre spirite și regrete. Structura cărții, organizată în cinci „Stave-uri” (capitole muzicale), ghidează cititorul printr-o călătorie temporală precisă: de la fantoma lui Marley, la spiritele Crăciunului Trecut, Prezent și Viitor, până la rezoluția finală a transformării. Pe același raft cu A Christmas Carol - Kid Classics de Charles Dickens, această ediție Collins Classics se distinge prin păstrarea textului original, neadaptat, oferind acea bogăție a limbajului care l-a consacrat pe autor ca un maestru al prozei britanice. Față de abordările pedagogice sau simplificate, volumul de față păstrează realismul dur al epocii, reflectând preocupările constante ale lui Dickens pentru drepturile copiilor și educație, teme explorate și în Great Expectations sau David Copperfield. Este o lectură în care umorul fin se împletește cu estetica gotică, oferind o experiență mult mai complexă decât o simplă parabolă morală.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781906230029
ISBN-10: 1906230021
Pagini: 64
Ilustrații: 30 colour illustrations
Dimensiuni: 172 x 200 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Real Reads
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte oricărui cititor care dorește să descopere forța narativă originală a lui Charles Dickens dincolo de adaptările cinematografice. Este o oportunitate de a experimenta ritmul autentic al limbii engleze victoriene și de a înțelege de ce această poveste a definit spiritul Crăciunului modern. Cititorul câștigă nu doar o lectură clasică, ci și o perspectivă empatică asupra condiției umane și a posibilității de schimbare.

Despre autor

Charles Dickens (1812–1870) este recunoscut drept cel mai important romancier al epocii victoriene, un observator acut al inechităților sociale din Anglia secolului al XIX-lea. Experiența sa timpurie, lucrând într-o fabrică de cremă de ghete la vârsta de 12 ani în timp ce tatăl său era închis pentru datorii, i-a marcat profund opera, transformându-l într-un apărător neobosit al celor defavorizați. Autor prolific, a scris 15 romane majore, printre care A Tale of Two Cities și Great Expectations, și a pionierat publicarea în foileton. Lucrările sale îmbină realismul social cu umorul satiric și personaje memorabile, rămânând fundamentale pentru literatura universală.

Descriere scurtă

Charles Dickens' classic novel retold for children by Gill Tavner and illustrated by Karen Donnelly - a fantastic way to introduce children to classic literature. Printed on sturdy paper with gloss laminated cover and luxurious full-colour dustwrapper.

Recenzii

At a recent department meeting, it became evident that Dickens is an author who can divide a room. 'Let's teach some Dickens at key stage three,' some argued. 'I can't imagine anything worse,' others said. 'Too difficult', 'too wordy', 'enough to put anyone off'. 'But the stories are great,' I argued. It's easy to see both sides of the argument. As someone who has dipped in and out of Dickens over the years, I have always been delighted by the actual reading of the novel, but sometimes it has taken a considerable effort of will to start the thing. Many are long, all are complex, and there is some truth in the assertion that they are too difficult-not for all, certainly, but for some children at key stage three, Dickens could sound the death knell for reading pleasure. There is a case, then, for a differentiated Dickens, and here, as with other literary classics, Real Reads provides a helpful solution. The series currently includes nine of the major novels: Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Hard Times, Oliver Twist and Great Expectations, The Old Curiosity Shop, A Tale of Two Cities and Little Dorrit. All follow the same format-a couple of pages introducing the characters with some delightful illustrations by Karen Donnelly, forty-seven pages of narrative and a 'Taking Things Further' section at the back. Like other Real Reads, too, the novels are not designed to replace the originals, but to complement them. The publisher's hope is that for some readers, the Real Reads are a springboard into the original texts; for others it is to broaden their range of cultural experience and introduce them to a world of wonderful plots and characters. What makes these retellings particularly appealing from a classroom point of view is that significant attention is paid to the language use characteristic of the authors. The novels are retold with some integrity to the original-that is that some of the cadence of Dickens is retained; that some of the vocabulary remains authentic, and that some of those seminal passages remain relatively unaltered. Take the opening of A Tale of Two Cities as an example, 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the season of wealth, it was the season of poverty. In short, it was a time very much like the present.' In short, it is very much like the original. The retellings go some way to preserving Dickens's characters and while there are of course casualties, the characters that remain are rounded and engaging. For Oliver we feel pity as he pleads with Sikes 'P-p-p-please don't make me steal,' in the face of Sikes terrifying whisper 'Quiet, vermin'. We long for Nancy to be saved by Mrs Maylie and feel the poignancy of her departure: 'You must take Oliver to safety. I must return to my life.' We sense the justice in Fagin's wait for death 'his face so distorted and pale, his eyes so bloodshot, that he already looked more dead than alive as he awaited his punishment.' Of course, we also feel the delight and relief as 'Oliver and Mr Brownlow walked hand in hand to their carriage.' Some of Dickens's humour is preserved: Mrs Joe is to be found bringing Pip up by hand and at the birth of David Copperfield, Peggotty's 'bosom swelled with such joy and pride that two buttons popped from her bodice and flew across the room.' The heartbreak remains too: 'As he wasted away over the next few days, Little Dorrit didn't leave her father's side. His spirit was like a maimed bird, able to think only of the place that had broken its wings. Finally, his spirit broke free of all earthly concerns. Little Dorrit wept bitterly. The 'Filling in the Spaces' section at the back of each book provides a helpful resource for teachers. Elements of the plot that have been omitted in order to contain the retelling in such a thin volume are listed here and can provide a useful point of departure to read some of the original text. There is some contextual material pertinent to the text, so for Little Dorrit we learn that Dickens's father was sent to Marshalsea Prison when Dickens was twelve and for Hard Times we can read about the rise of steam power and the way in which machinery in factories gave rise to mass migration to cities. There is also a two-page section called 'Food for thought' that provides points for discussion, themes, style and symbols and would neatly help shape classroom discussion and activity. In The Old Curiosity Shop, for example, 'Oscar Wilde said that Nell's death makes the reader laugh, whereas critics in Dickens' time were usually overcome by grief. Which is closer to your own reaction? Why?' would lend itself very well to paired, group or whole-class debate. Thinking about how the symbols of fog, hands, light and shadow and city and countryside match the action in Bleak House immediately suggests ways in which pupils might track language against action as they read. At the lower end of the price range for class readers, the excellent and durable quality of the books presents a good investment at GBP4.99 RRP for individual texts. -- Jane Campion Use of English

Notă biografică

Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) is considered the greatest novelist of the Victorian era and created many of the worlds most notable fictional characters, including Fagin, Mr Micawber and Miss Havisham.