"From the bustling snowy streets of nineteenth-century London to the the ghostly apparitions of Christmases past and future, award-winning artist Roberto Innocenti vividly renders not just the authentic detail but also the emotional impact of Charles Dickens's Christmas tale. Roberto Innocenti has illustrated this original and unabridged text of Dickens's A Christmas Carol with remarkable visual drama. He depicts the world of Bob Cratchit and his cruel boss, Mr. Scrooge, with wintry clarity, sweeping humanism, and fascinating detail. We seem to recognize the features and expressions of each face in Innocenti's scenes of London's crowds and are enchanted by the artist's superb details: sparrows pecking at crumbs, peeling paint on the blue door across the courtyard, a glimpse through a window of a mother tucking her child into bed. Innocenti's rich depictions extend from the anonymous to the familiar and beloved - Tiny Tim, Mrs. Cratchit, even Scrooge himself - providing new insight into these timeless characters. Indoors, outdoors, and in the world just beyond; from the chilling meagerness of Scrooge's apartments to the plum-pudding richness of his nephew's holiday celebration, Innocenti's watercolors are unforgettable. They set a new standard for the way we envision the holiday season's best-loved story"--Publisher's description.