Charles Dickens

Retells the adventures of the orphan boy who is forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.

Director Roman Polanski offers a slightly darker version of the classic Charles Dickens tale. After living in poor conditions, Oliver runs away to the streets of London. There he meets a gang of pickpockets and soon Oliver's life is changed forever.

"Retold in verse and accompanied by Caroline Pedler's evocative illustrations, this [Christmas carol] is a story to provoke thought about the meaning of Christmas and leave the reader with a warm Christmas glow."--Cover back.

An adaptation of Dickens's story in which a miser learns the true meaning of Christmas after three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

In this spin on A Christmas carol, Old Scroogemacher is a tyrant to the poor workers in his waistcoat factory, even on the last night of Hanukkah. Visited by three rabbis, Scroogemacher travels from the time of the Maccabees to present day.

Presents, in prose form, the Guthrie Theater's stage adaptation of the famous story in which the miserly Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas.

A retelling of Dickens's ghost story with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and other Disney creations depicting the original characters.

On Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts who try to convince him to change his life.

Presents a cartoon version of Dickens's story of a poor orphan boy educated as a gentleman in Victorian England, and features essays on the author, background, themes, characters, and significance of the work.