This special collector's edition available exclusively through Queensbridge Publishing contains both the original text and illustrations of the first edition. First published in 1843; A Christmas Carol is known the world over as a literary classic. When the mean spirited Ebenezer Scrooge goes to sleep on Christmas Eve he is unaware of what lie ahead of him as his old partner, Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come pay a visit and leave Scrooge with a changed heart, one of giving, loving and kindness.