About the Author
Carlo DeVito is the author of two books & has been an editor at several publishing houses, as well as a contributing editor at Consumer Sports, where he wrote cover stories on the Dallas Cowboys, John Daly, & Shaquille O'Neal, & features on Greg Norman & Joe Montana. As an editor, he has published mostrar mais two national best-sellers & worked with authors such as Dan Rather, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Omar Sharif, & Joe Franklin. He lives in Freehold, NJ. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Carlo DeVito
Inventing Scrooge: The Incredible True Story Behind Charles Dickens' Legendary "A Christmas Carol" (2014) 64 cópias
The Everything Puppy Book: Choosing, Raising, and Training Your Littlest Best Friend (Everything Series) (2001) 46 cópias
Mrs. Lee's Rose Garden: The True Story of the Founding of Arlington National Cemetery (2015) 33 cópias
The Everything New Puppy Book: Choosing, raising, and training your new best friend (Everything Series) (2009) 12 cópias
The Everything Beer Book: Everything You Need to Know to Buy and Enjoy the Best Beers-Or Even Brew Your Own (The… (1998) 12 cópias
Big Whiskey: Kentucky Bourbon, Tennessee Whiskey, the Rebirth of Rye, and the Distilleries of America's Premier Spirits… (2018) 11 cópias
Make Him an Offer He Can't Refuse: 40 Principles of Wiseguys for Business, Career, Management, and Life (2008) 7 cópias
Big Whiskey (The Revised Second Edition): Featuring Kentucky Bourbon, Tennessee Whiskey, the Rebirth of Rye, and the… (2021) 5 cópias
Inventing Santa Claus: The Mystery of Who Really Wrote the Most Celebrated Yuletide Poem of All Time, The Night Before… (2017) 4 cópias
Drink the Northeast: The Ultimate Guide to Breweries, Distilleries, and Wineries in the Northeast (2022) 3 cópias
Mark Twain's Notebooks, 1 exemplar(es)
Tennessee Whiskey: How the Volunteer State Became the Center of the Whiskey Renaissance (2023) 1 exemplar(es)
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- DeVito, Carlo
- Data de nascimento
- 20th Century
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
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I really enjoyed this book as an introduction of sorts rather then a full blown biography. As a longtime fan of A Christmas Carol, and Dickens writing in general, just enough info was imparted for my non scholarly wish for information. If you love A Christmas Carol and want to know more about what Dickens used for characters and settings this might be the book for you.
A description of Jane Austen's and Georgian Christmas traditions, divided into six different years. An interesting read for this day.
Synopsis:
This book explores how the life of Charles Dickens influenced his book A Christmas Carol.
My rating: 4/5
First off, this book was very pretty. I loved all the pictures inside. It was very aesthetically pleasing and that added an extra layer to my enjoyment as I read.
I really enjoyed the layout of this book. There were chapter headings that explored each character within the Christmas Carol book and looked at likely inspirations for it. For instance, it is likely that the name Scrooge came from a tombstone Dickens saw and misread. He read it to say that Scroggie was a mean man instead of a meal man. Obviously, he changed the spelling around as well. But, that was just one of many fun details that the book explores.
This book had a somewhat slow and dry start with frequent (probably too many) lengthy quotes. That made the book feel dense and dry. However, that improved greatly as the book went on and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
There is quite a bit of information on the life of Dickens and I enjoyed learning more about the author.
I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys biographies and has read/seen A Christmas Carol.
Very well done book.… (mais)
This book explores how the life of Charles Dickens influenced his book A Christmas Carol.
My rating: 4/5
First off, this book was very pretty. I loved all the pictures inside. It was very aesthetically pleasing and that added an extra layer to my enjoyment as I read.
I really enjoyed the layout of this book. There were chapter headings that explored each character within the Christmas Carol book and looked at likely inspirations for it. For instance, it is likely that the name Scrooge came from a tombstone Dickens saw and misread. He read it to say that Scroggie was a mean man instead of a meal man. Obviously, he changed the spelling around as well. But, that was just one of many fun details that the book explores.
This book had a somewhat slow and dry start with frequent (probably too many) lengthy quotes. That made the book feel dense and dry. However, that improved greatly as the book went on and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
There is quite a bit of information on the life of Dickens and I enjoyed learning more about the author.
I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys biographies and has read/seen A Christmas Carol.
Very well done book.… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 38
- Membros
- 629
- Popularidade
- #40,058
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Resenhas
- 10
- ISBNs
- 75
- Idiomas
- 2
The best quote comes on page 264. I won't spoil it but I will say it comes from a unique employee of the distillery.