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Scholastic's completely annotated set texts are designed
to help students prepare for their closed book AQA GCSE English
Literature examinations This full-colour ready-annotated edition of Charles Dickens's
A Christmas Carol is perfect for students. It includes
- The full novella
- Detailed annotations on each page
- Definitions of tricky vocabulary
- Organised lists of key quotations
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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English Literature examination including study guides, annotation-friendly
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