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11-year-old actor Eden Giuliano presents a brand new line of exciting children's stories from Icon!
A Christmas Carol, is a novella by the great Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley, and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.
The now classic tale was written at a time when the British were exploring and re-evaluating past Christmas traditions, including carols and newer customs such as Christmas trees. He was influenced by the experiences of his own youth and by the Christmas stories of other authors including Washington Irving and Douglas Jerrold. Dickens had written three Christmas stories prior to the novella, and was inspired following a visit to the Field Lane Ragged School, one of several establishments for London's street children. The treatment of the poor and the ability of a selfish man to redeem himself by transforming into a more sympathetic character are the key themes of the story. There is discussion among academics as to whether this was a fully secular story, or if it is a Christian allegory.
A Christmas Carol captured the zeitgeist of the mid-Victorian revival of the Christmas holiday. Dickens had acknowledged the influence of the modern Western observance of Christmas and later inspired several aspects of Christmas, including family gatherings, seasonal food and drink, dancing, games and a festive generosity of spirit.
We know you will enjoy this very special audio book from Icon Audio Arts presented by young Eden Giuliano!
Host Eden Giuliano
Series producer Avalon Giuliano in New York
Produced by Alex Franchi in Milan and Geoffrey Giuliano in Delhi
Edited and mixed by Macc Kay in Bangkok
Dedicated to Vrndarani Devi 1953-2017
Music by AudioNautix
11-year-old actor Eden Giuliano presents a brand new line of exciting children's stories from Icon!
"Please sir, I want some more,' the famous line spoken by Oliver Twist at age nine, becomes the tipping point of a huge change in Oliver's life. He is soon captured into the service of the evil Fagin and his gang of pick-pocketing boys. Mr. Brownlow, however, saves him from arrest, and for the first time in his young life Oliver finds comfort and caring. Unfortunately, he is soon recaptured into the seedy world from which he he had escaped, and meets with Bill Sykes, a highly dangerous criminal. There are numerous delightful and suitably wicked characters which carry the story along, such as the clever, Artful Dodger, a mean boy of the streets under Fagin, Mr. Bumble the Beadle, ever looking for ways to get rid of the naughty Oliver, Nancy who makes a fateful betrayal, and the Maylies, whose deep affection Oliver craves. The author's descriptions of the back street life in London of that time, illumine the abject poverty and the way in which the hopeless poor were treated during that time. Charles Dickens wrote Oliver Twist as a popular newspaper serial in 1837.
We know you will enjoy this very special series from Icon Audio Arts hosted by young Eden Giuliano!
Host Eden Giuliano
Series producer Avalon Giuliano in New York
Produced by Alex Franchi in Milan and Geoffrey Giuliano in Delhi
Edited and mixed by Macc Kay in Bangkok
Special thanks to Brandon Stickney & Sanjay Khemani
DEDICATED TO VRNDA DEVI
Music by Audio Nautix
