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Shadowing Dickens

by Rick McConnell
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This Christmas novel, set in London in 1843, tells the story of an orphan named Afly Wickfield, who meets and is befriended by England' s most famous writer, Charles Dickens. Over the course of a few unforgettable weeks, the two unlikely friends, each guarding secrets about the past, set out on a creative journey through the dark streets of the great city that will culminate in the author' s best-loved and most enduring story, A Christmas Carol. As Dickens breathes life into his characters -- Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and the Spirits of Christmas -- and pours his heart into a ghost story that will cement his reputation of all time, his young companion learns the meaning of sacrifice, the price of loyalty and the power of forgiveness.

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Publisher: HarperCollins Canada

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  • ISBN: 9780969018490
  • Release date: December 4, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9780969018490
  • File size: 621 KB
  • Release date: December 4, 2012

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Fiction Literature Historical Fiction

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English

This Christmas novel, set in London in 1843, tells the story of an orphan named Afly Wickfield, who meets and is befriended by England' s most famous writer, Charles Dickens. Over the course of a few unforgettable weeks, the two unlikely friends, each guarding secrets about the past, set out on a creative journey through the dark streets of the great city that will culminate in the author' s best-loved and most enduring story, A Christmas Carol. As Dickens breathes life into his characters -- Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and the Spirits of Christmas -- and pours his heart into a ghost story that will cement his reputation of all time, his young companion learns the meaning of sacrifice, the price of loyalty and the power of forgiveness.

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Fiction Literature Historical Fiction