Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
DICKENS REVISITED
The Return of a Christmas Carol
December
1
1961
Harvey Kurtzman,
David Levine
The Return of a Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
December
1
1961
View Article Pages
DICKENS REVISITED
The Return of a Christmas Carol
December
1
1961
Harvey Kurtzman,
David Levine
Sign In to read this article
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire Archive
Every issue Esquire has ever published, since 1933
Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads!
85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors
More than 150,000 Images — beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom into every page
Unlimited Search and Browse
Bookmark all your favorites into custom Collections
Enjoy on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
View Full Issue
More From This Issue
THE BROADWAY PLAY
Gideon
December
1961
By
Paddy Chayefsky
FICTION
Death and Homecoming
December
1961
FICTION
The Prophecy
December
1961
By
ARTHUR MILLER
Articles
The Night We Ate Magic Mushrooms
December
1961
By
BUDD SCHULBERG
Articles
Perfect Sound
December
1961
By
MARTIN MAYER
A CHRISTMAS GUIDE TO THE GOURMET’S PLEASURE
The Twelve Day Feast
December
1961
By
WILLIAM MASSEE
Unlock every article Esquire has ever published.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
every timeless profile, interview, short story, feature, advertisement
, and much more!
More From This Issue
THE BROADWAY PLAY
Gideon
December
1961
By
Paddy Chayefsky
FICTION
Death and Homecoming
December
1961
FICTION
The Prophecy
December
1961
By
ARTHUR MILLER
Cartoons
cartoon
“We’re Still Undecided—Would the Defendant Mind Crossing Her Legs Again?”
APRIL 1942
cartoon
"Can I Help It If the Laundry Lost My Overalls?"
DECEMBER, 1943
cartoon
"He says he disagrees with you about disarmament, atomic control, China, Germany, the Middle East, freedom, and religion, but he agrees with you that this is a good Martini!"
DECEMBER, 1956
Features
Women We Love
The Old Lady Down the Hall
OCTOBER 2000
By
David Sedaris
articles
Inside Father
JULY 1948
By
HELEN LAWRENSON
The State of the American Dog
AUGUST 2014
By
TOM JUNOD
David Levine
HOLLYWOOD
Films
MAY 1974
By
JOHN SIMON
Films
Nightmare of the Locust
AUGUST 1975
By
JOHN SIMON
BOOKS
Books
MARCH 1966
By
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE
Harvey Kurtzman
PICTURED ESSAYS
Marlon Brando Sketched
NOVEMBER, 1959
PICTURED ESSAYS
The Grasshopper and the Ant
MAY, 1960
By
HARVEY KURTZMAN
PICTURED ESSAYS
There Views, Vienna
JUNE, 1960
By
Harvey Kurtzman
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published