{"product_id":"christmas-carol-a-fairy-tale-paperback","title":"Christmas Carol: A Fairy Tale - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePiers Torday\u003c\/b\u003e (Adapted by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThings are going to be different. Very different...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1838, London. Jacob Marley is dead. And so is Ebenezer Scrooge...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this reinvention of the timeless classic, Ebenezer has died and his sister Fan has inherited his money-lending business. She rapidly becomes notorious as the most monstrous miser ever known, a legendary misanthrope, lonely, and despised by all who cross her path.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis year, on Christmas Eve, Fan Scrooge will be haunted by three spirits. They want her to change. But will she?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis stage adaptation of Dickens's Christmas tale first came to life in the Dickensian environment of the world's oldest-surviving music hall, Wilton's Music Hall, London, in December 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiers Torday is a British novelist and playwright.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis novels include: \u003cem\u003eThe Last Wild\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Wild\u003c\/em\u003e (2014, winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize), \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), \u003cem\u003eThere May Be a Castle\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Magician\u003c\/em\u003e (2018) and \u003cem\u003eThe Frozen Sea\u003c\/em\u003e (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis works for the stage include: \u003cem\u003eChristmas Carol: A Fairy Tale\u003c\/em\u003e after Dickens (Wilton's Music Hall, London, 2019) and an adaptation of John Masefield's \u003cem\u003eThe Box of Delights\u003c\/em\u003e (Wilton's Music Hall, 2017, revived 2018).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Author photo by James Betts)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727117193279,"sku":"9781848429147","price":45.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/81ac7313c43bd458ab11218b6ca9dd5a.webp?v=1765113595","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/christmas-carol-a-fairy-tale-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}