Physical description

'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens, blue soft cloth cover, black print and decoration, edited by W.H.D. Rouse.

Inscriptions & markings

Front: 'Rosalie Couch / HES / PORTLAND JUNE 13TH 1918' pen inside front cover, same infor in pencil, page opposite
Back: 'Rosalie Couch / H.E.S. Portland / June 13th 198 / or / Elma E Couch / For / H.E.S. Portland Jan 31st 1022

Summary

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