The Annotated Christmas Carol, Edited by Michael Patrick Hearn: Review by William Mortensen Vaughan

 The Annotated Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was edited by Michael Patrick Hearn. The edition I'm reviewing was published in 2004. It is illustrated by the original illustrator of A Christmas Carol, John Leech, et al. It consists of four major sections: 

1. Introduction to The Annotated Christmas Carol
2. The Annotated Christmas Carol
3. Introduction to A Christmas Carol. In Four Staves
4. A Christmas Carol. In Four Staves
   

The pages before the second section are numbered with lower case, Roman numerals. The Introduction to The Annotated Christmas Carol spans pages from xiii to cxiv (13 to 114, for those of you unfamiliar with Roman numerals); the previous pages include cover pages, Contents, Acknowledgments, et cetera. The introductions contain, essentially, information about three topics:

1. A history of Christmas
2. The life of Charles Dickens
3. A history of the original and early editions of A Christmas Carol
   

A Christmas Carol. In Four StavesI is a copy of the 1867 edition, which was an abridged adaptation that Charles Dickens referred to while giving public readings of the novel. Included among the pages of The Annotated Christmas Carol and the abridged version are annotations, or footnotes, with explanations of archaic terms, and historical insights.

Test your knowledge of these topics by taking the following quizzes:

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Test your knowledge of Christmas by taking these quizzes:

Quiz  1 of [T.B.D.] on Christmas

Quiz  2 of [T.B.D.] on Christmas

Quiz  3 of [T.B.D.] on Christmas

Quiz  4 of [T.B.D.] on Christmas

Quiz  5 of [T.B.D.] on Christmas

Quiz  6 of [T.B.D.] on Christmas

Quiz  7 of [T.B.D.] on Christmas

Quiz  8 of [T.B.D.] on Christmas

Quiz  9 of [T.B.D.] on Christmas

Quiz  10 of [T.B.D.] on Christmas

Test your knowledge of Charles Dickens by taking these quizzes:

Quiz 1  of [T.B.D.] on The Life of Charles Dickens

Quiz 2 of [T.B.D.] on The Life of Charles Dickens

Test your knowledge of A Christmas Carol by taking these quizzes:

Quiz 1 of [T.B.D.] on A Christmas Carol

Quiz 2 of [T.B.D.] on A Christmas Carol

Quiz 3 of [T.B.D.] on A Christmas Carol

Quiz 4 of [T.B.D.] on A Christmas Carol

Quiz 5 of [T.B.D.] on A Christmas Carol

Review and Quizzes by William Mortensen Vaughan