The Sarcastically-Annotated A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Remember what it was like in school? To sit there as an English teacher pontificated in monotones about the brilliance of a subtextual analysis you had no hope of understanding? Wanting to be anywhere else in the world at that moment, than in that classroom being bored out of your skull? A Christmas Carol is perhaps one of the most beloved stories of all time, yet the original Charles Dickens novella remains inaccessible to many even today. The author blames schools and teachers for focusing so much on textual analysis and rote learning, which leaves most students feeling bored and uninterested. With both scholarly interest and sarcastic wit, this book is annotated like no other you’re likely to see, with the text—and Dickens himself—given both high praise and the occasional dope-slap when deserved. Lumps and all, A Christmas Carol is a wonderful book for curling up and reading, as well as poking fun with a friend.