Foreword by Colm Tóibín -- Introduction by Declan Kiely -- A note on the transcription -- A Christmas carol. The original manuscript -- Preface -- Stave I: Marley's ghost -- Stave II: The first of the three spirits -- Stave III: The second of the three spirits -- Stave IV: The last of the spirits -- Stave V: The end of it -- Acknowledgments -- About the Morgan Library & Museum.

"A first-ever trade edition of the original manuscript of the beloved Christmas classic. Every year at the holidays, the historic Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan displays one of the crown jewels of its extraordinary collection: the original manuscript of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, with its detailed emendations, deletions, and insertions in Dickens's own hand. Here, for the first time in a beautiful trade edition, A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript Edition presents a facsimile of that invaluable manuscript, along with a typeset version of the story, a fascinating introduction by the Morgan's chief literary curator on the history of the story, and a new foreword by Colm Tóibín celebrating its timeless appeal."--