Book description
Christmas past, present, and future and the redemptive power of giving
brought vividly to life by Monica Dickens' reading of
A Christmas Carol
together with the original text.
Christmas can be happy and difficult in equal measure. Charles and
Monica Dickens recognized this and both have left an extraordinary
legacy affirming the redemptive power of giving.
A Christmas Carol
tells the timeless tale of Scrooge, the most miserly of all misers, and
how he is shown the true meaning of Christmas by four ghostly visitors -
his partner Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present
and Christmas Yet To Come. By Christmas day, he has learnt his lesson
and is willing to enter into the spirit of things.
Monica Dickens reads A Christmas Carol
as it was read to her by her grandfather, who in turn heard it from the
author himself. Monica Dickens gave an everlasting gift to others by
establishing the Samaritans on Cape Cod and the Islands in Falmouth,
Massachusetts in 1977. This recording is the original radio version
which has been enhanced by new music and engineering to honor them both.
Proceeds will benefit Samaritan crisis lines, support groups for those
who have lost someone to suicide, and community outreach programs.
God Bless Us, Every One! Charles Dickens, 7 February 1812 - 9 June
1870, was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the
Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had
any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having
been responsible for some of English literature s most iconic novels and characters.
Monica Dickens, MBE, 10 May 1915 - 25 December 1992, great-
granddaughter of Charles Dickens and author of over 40 books for adults
and children. Disillusioned with the world she was brought up in - she
was expelled from St Paul s Girls School in London before she was
presented at court as a debutante - she decided to go into service and
her experiences as a cook and general servant formed the basis of her
first book, One Pair Of Hands
in 1939. She married a United States Navy officer and moved to America
where she continued to write, most of her books being set in Britain.
Monica Dickens had strong humanitarian interests and founded the Cape
Cod and the Islands Samaritans in 1977, and it is for this charity that
she recorded this audio edition of A Christmas Carol to benefit
Samaritan crisis lines, support groups for those who have lost someone
to suicide, and community outreach programs. In 1985 she returned to the
UK after the death of her husband, and continued to write until her
death on Christmas Day 1992.
