In this hauntingly beautiful volume, artist John A. Rice re-envisions Dickenss seemingly familiar Christmas classic as a true Victorian ghost story.
The Victorians knew that the end of the year is a precipice, a time of change and transition. They captured the essence of this season the yearning for what is lost, the fear of the unknown, but also the hope for what is to come in the fantastical storytelling tradition known as the midwinters tale. And of all such tales, the most famous is A Christmas Carol.
In his new illustrated edition of A Christmas Carol, John A. Rice draws on the influence of Victorian Spiritualism and fin de siècle Symbolism to emphasise the deeper symbolism and spirituality of Dickenss novella. Through five absorbing full-page illustrations and a number of enchanting vignettes married to an elegant typographic design Rice reveals Scrooges encounters with the spirits as a souls journey from darkness to light. This is a fresh presentation of a seemingly familiar classic, one that will inspire contemporary audiences to heed the lessons of the ghosts just as Dickens intended and be kind to each other this holiday season and all throughout the year.
STAVE ONE
Marleys Ghost
STAVE TWO
The First of the Three Spirits
STAVE THREE
The Second of the Three Spirits
STAVE FOUR
The Last of the Spirits
STAVE FIVE
The End of It
John A. Rice is an artist specialising in oil pastels and the proprietor of J.A.R. Studio, NYC. A skilled Tarot reader, he is the creator of the internationally popular MINDSCAPES tarot deck. John's mission is "to foster healing, introspection, and creativity through otherworldly art-empowering the internal world so that we can enrich our outer world."
