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This A4-sized, full-colour, ready-annotated edition of
Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is perfect for:
Students who struggle to annotate themselves
Students who need extra support understanding the text
Teachers new to teaching the text
Parents/Carers in understanding the text and supporting their
children
The full text of the novella is set on an easy-to-read cream background
with wide margins on every page providing helpful annotations
about the key information on that page. This takes the student
step-by-step through the novella highlighting useful insights
about the characters and plot as well as addressing the main themes
and context. At the bottom of each page definitions are supplied
to aid the understanding of unusual or archaic language used
within the text.
At the back of the book students will find a helpful guide to
key quotations from the novella. Each quotation will reference
where it appears in the novella as a whole and identified with
an at-a-glance 'key' symbol.
Examination: English Literature
Specification: GCSE 9-1
Set Text covered: A Christmas Carol by
Charles Dickens
Type: Set Text - Complete Annotated
About the novella: Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is
visited on Christmas Eve by the three ghosts of Christmas. They
show him the joy of Christmas, and wretchedness of his own legacy.
Inspired and chastened by what he has seen, Scrooge resolves to
change and from then on embraces and promotes the true spirit of
Christmas with kindness, generosity and warmth.
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