1812-1870

When a disease known as the "Hungry Death" plagues London during the Christmas season, changing everyone into zombies, Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter miser who is particularly grouchy at Christmas, may be mankind's only hope against the disease.

The story of an orphan who was destined for a life of misery but after surviving years of neglect, hunger, and violence finds a good family to take care of him.

A collection of eight critical essays on the Dickens novel, arranged in chronological order of original publication.

A study guide to "Oliver Twist," the story of a London orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a gang of pickpockets; providing biographical information about the author, chapter summaries and commentaries, character sketches, critical notes, review questions, theme topics, and a selected bibliography.

"The nineteenth century was a time of unprecedented change, and nowhere was this more apparent than London. In only a few decades, the capital grew from a compact Regency town into a sprawling metropolis of 6.5 million inhabitants, the largest city the world had ever seen. Technology--railways, street-lighting, and sewers--transformed both the city and the experience of city-living, as London expanded in every direction"--Jacket flap.

Looks at Charles Dickens in his domestic context, examining the places he lived in London and throughout England, his attention to the details of domestic arrangements, and the links between his homes and the settings of his novels.

A graphic novel adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel in which a miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

Jack and Annie travel back to Victorian London when Merlin asks them to use their magic to inspire Charles Dickens to write "A Christmas Carol.".