A Christmas Carol

Opening of the book

46
(Original First Edition Cover; 1843 Original
Illustrations in Color by John Leech)
19337 (Published in 1905; Illustrations in Black and
White by G. A. Williams)
24022 (Published in 1915; Illustrations in Black and
White and Color by By Arthur Rackham)
30368 (First edition with original hand written pages;
Black and White illustrations.)
"How now?" said Scrooge, caustic and cold as ever.
"What do you want with me?"
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
BY
CHARLES DICKENS
ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK
FIRST PUBLISHED 1915
ISBN: 0-397-00033-2
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
PREFACE
I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book to raise
the Ghost of an Idea which shall not put my readers out of
humour with themselves, with each other, with the season,

or with me. May it haunt their house pleasantly, and no
one wish to lay it.
Their faithful Friend and Servant,
C. D.
December, 1843.
CHARACTERS
Bob Cratchit, clerk to Ebenezer Scrooge.
Peter Cratchit, a son of the preceding.
Tim
Cratchit
("Tiny
Tim"),
a
cripple,
youngest son of Bob Cratchit.
Mr. Fezziwig, a kind-hearted, jovial old
merchant.
Fred, Scrooge's nephew.
Ghost of Christmas Past, a phantom showing
things past.
Ghost of Christmas Present, a spirit of a
kind, generous, and hearty nature.
Ghost
of
Christmas
Yet
to
Come,
an
apparition showing the shadows of things
which yet may happen.
Ghost
of
Jacob
Marley,
a
spectre
of
Scrooge's former partner in business.
Joe, a marine-store dealer and receiver of
stolen goods.
Ebenezer Scrooge, a grasping, covetous old
man, the surviving partner of the firm of
Scrooge and Marley.
Mr. Topper, a bachelor.
Dick
Wilkins,
a
fellow
apprentice
of
Scrooge's.
Belle, a comely matron, an old sweetheart
of Scrooge's.

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