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Penguin Classics (2010), 336 pages
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'Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding' Dickens's story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors, has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the season. Dickens's other Christmas writings collected here include 'The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton'; 'The Haunted Man'; and shorter pieces, some drawn from the 'Christmas Stories' that Dickens wrote annually for his weekly journals. In all of them Dickens celebrates Christmas as a time of geniality, charity and remembrance. Edited with an introduction by MICHAEL SLATER
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LibraryThing member freddiefreddie
A Christmas Carol was excellent. Had trouble following some of The Haunted Man, but the passages about the baby were hilarious.
LibraryThing member kusshi-
This is a very famous story written by Charles Dickens.
The main character Scrooge is very cold man.
He hates a Christmas Day and loves money.
So on Christmas Eve three spirits visite him to teach him important things.
This is very warm story and I like it.
The main character Scrooge is very cold man.
He hates a Christmas Day and loves money.
So on Christmas Eve three spirits visite him to teach him important things.
This is very warm story and I like it.
LibraryThing member rustedharmony
The story is about an old bitter miser, Ebenezer Scrooge. Money has been the most important thing in his life and he never paid attention to any other relation. He undergoes a profound experience of redemption a night before Christmas when his dead partner haunts him along with three other spirits
This is a classic that teaches charity and joy for everyone. Happiness and the spirit of Christmas should be the only thing that matters when being with family and friends around the holidays. I love reading this story and seeing the muppet movie on this book every year.
As an extention, I would ask the children to write an alternative ending. In class I would ask what they like to do on the holidays to show that they care for their family and friends.
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one after the other. Scrooge's friend Jacob Marley informs him that he may face the same fate like him after death. All this circumstances made Scrooge change his nature at last and revert to the kind, generous person he was in his youth.This is a classic that teaches charity and joy for everyone. Happiness and the spirit of Christmas should be the only thing that matters when being with family and friends around the holidays. I love reading this story and seeing the muppet movie on this book every year.
As an extention, I would ask the children to write an alternative ending. In class I would ask what they like to do on the holidays to show that they care for their family and friends.
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LibraryThing member immaculatechaos
This rating is for the story "A Christmas Carol" only. I read the other stories, but would only give them 3 or 2 stars.
LibraryThing member bookworm12
“But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they
That line from Scrooge’s nephew perfectly explains why A Christmas Carol is such a powerful story year after year. It is a reminder of all of the wonderful things the Christmas season holds. It's a reminder to value the people that are truly important in your life and to hold them close to you throughout the year.
Dickens paints such a vivid picture of Scrooge’s past, present and future that we can’t help imagine what our own ghosts would show us.
I think the reason that generations of people continue to return to this story is because we all want to believe that we can have a second chance. We want to believe that a person can redeem themselves. I know this is a tale I will always re-read.
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really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.”That line from Scrooge’s nephew perfectly explains why A Christmas Carol is such a powerful story year after year. It is a reminder of all of the wonderful things the Christmas season holds. It's a reminder to value the people that are truly important in your life and to hold them close to you throughout the year.
Dickens paints such a vivid picture of Scrooge’s past, present and future that we can’t help imagine what our own ghosts would show us.
I think the reason that generations of people continue to return to this story is because we all want to believe that we can have a second chance. We want to believe that a person can redeem themselves. I know this is a tale I will always re-read.
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LibraryThing member stacy_chambers
I reread this every year around Christmastime.
LibraryThing member nkrivera
Dickens is the father of Christmas books and while I don't love all the stories equally, it is still a heartwarming read that marks the beginning of the holiday season for me.
LibraryThing member VersionPerson
I actually really enjoyed this. It was tender and touching and a nice little pre-Christmas day read. I’m sure I'll re-read it again next year to remind me what Christmas spirit is all about.
LibraryThing member Big_Bang_Gorilla
I read this, if at all, as a child. Every year we watch the movie, every year I say I'm going to read the book, and this time I did. It's interesting to read the book which spawned a film you're extremely familiar with, if only as a mini-course in screenwriting. This is fine writing; the whipping
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around in time and space were uncommon in literature at this time; the filmmakers both added incidents and omitted them, but mostly they shifted their order and tightened things up. This edition had notes to explain some of the more abstruse references. This book is a gratifying read in and of itself and as a template for some solid filmmaking. Show Less
LibraryThing member ladycato
My edition is an old hardcover library discard that includes "The Chimes" and "A Christmas Carol." "The Chimes" is an old story that feels hard to follow, and is more steeped in the time period. "A Christmas Carol" lingers as a classic, not only because the story is so familiar, but it's an easier,
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LibraryThing member CraigGoodwin
The titular story is unexpectedly wonderful. Some of the supporting cast less so, but still a rewarding read.
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
9780141195858
Physical description
336 p.; 5.37 inches
Pages
336