- Publisher: Picador
- Year: 2009
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 48pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 136x128mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.1kg
- ISBN: 9780330515115
- Product code: 538565
Mrs Scrooge
New Hardback Illustrated
Postscript summary
Presented here in gift book form, Carol Ann Duffy's witty, thought-provoking take on Dickens' classic finds Mrs Scrooge outside the supermarket on the coldest Christmas Eve on record, channelling her 'doornail dead' spouse Ebenezer by protesting against consumerism. That night, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come visit her, their mission to reveal the season's true spirit.
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Mrs Scrooge is a delightful Christmas poem from Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. Published as a small hardback and filled with bright illustrations by Posy Simmonds, this modern take on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens makes a perfect Christmas gift.
With her husband, Ebenezer, now 'doornail dead', the coldest Christmas Eve on record finds Mrs Scrooge outside the supermarket, protesting against consumerism and waste. 'Spoilsport!' shout the passersby as they load up their shopping carts with Christmas goodies. Just as Ebenezer did, Mrs Scrooge keeps to her frugal ways . . . but with the current state of the world, perhaps Mrs Scrooge has the right idea.
That night, alone in her bed with Catchit the cat beside her, Mrs Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. As each in succession takes her by the hand and sweeps through the scenes of her life, Mrs Scrooge learns not only what the 'Christmas Spirit' really means, but the nature of the real gifts we give and receive.
With her husband, Ebenezer, now 'doornail dead', the coldest Christmas Eve on record finds Mrs Scrooge outside the supermarket, protesting against consumerism and waste. 'Spoilsport!' shout the passersby as they load up their shopping carts with Christmas goodies. Just as Ebenezer did, Mrs Scrooge keeps to her frugal ways . . . but with the current state of the world, perhaps Mrs Scrooge has the right idea.
That night, alone in her bed with Catchit the cat beside her, Mrs Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. As each in succession takes her by the hand and sweeps through the scenes of her life, Mrs Scrooge learns not only what the 'Christmas Spirit' really means, but the nature of the real gifts we give and receive.
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<p>Presented here in gift book form, Carol Ann Duffy's witty, thought-provoking take on Dickens' classic finds Mrs Scrooge outside the supermarket on the coldest Christmas Eve on record, channelling her 'doornail dead' spouse Ebenezer by protesting against consumerism. That night, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come visit her, their mission to reveal the season's true spirit.</p>
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136x128mm
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