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A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

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  • Create Date：2022-12-09 07:53:15
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  • Author：Charles Dickens
  • ISBN：024141119X
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Summary

A stunningly beautiful hardback edition of the most famous Christmas story in the world - Charles Dickens' beloved book A Christmas Carol。

Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean， miserable， bitter old man with no friends。 One cold Christmas Eve， three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways。 By visiting his past， present and future， Scrooge learns to love Christmas and the people all around him。

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Reviews

Danny Newton ，

Awesome

Debra Devin ，

Growing up I saw many versions of A Christmas Carol on TV。 A favorite growing up for me but for whatever reason I never read the original。 Boy was I missing out。 When I heard that LaVar Burton was doing a free audiobook for apple books I was on it。 It was the perfect combination of nostalgia。 The book version gives a more complete image of how awful Scrooge really was。 Of course making his transformation more complete。 I enjoyed sharing this with my boys， a perfect Christmas memory。

Virginia “Ginny” ，

You know the story，you’ve seen the movie; now read the book。It’s delightful。

Katie Gibbs ，

I've been sleeping on the fact that Dickens is hilarious I've been sleeping on the fact that Dickens is hilarious 。。。more

Amanda ，

Having watched so many different versions of this， it was wonderful to finally sit down and read the actual story。 A wonderful tale， and no surprise that Dickens is still so highly thought of today。 Loved it。

Isabella ，

It's my first time reading Dickens ans I have to say I really love his writing style。 I do have to admit I was a bit lost during stave three， but I did catch the moral of the chapter and it all started to make sense at the end。 It's my first time reading Dickens ans I have to say I really love his writing style。 I do have to admit I was a bit lost during stave three， but I did catch the moral of the chapter and it all started to make sense at the end。 。。。more

Maciej ，

Fantastyczna i ponadczasowa historia！

Julia ，

Um livro que ressignificou o natal na sua época Essa história começa em uma véspera de natal em Londres。 Onde conhecemos Scrooge， com o típico esteriótipo de homem de negócios。 Scrooge não possui vínculo com ninguém， é rabugento， profundamente insensível e até mesmo maldoso。 Toda a aventura começa quando seu falecido sócio， Marley aperece como espírito。 Esse vem com um propósito de evitar que o amigo tenha o mesmo fim que o seu uma vez que está seguindo o mesmo rumo。 O espírito do sócio então， e Um livro que ressignificou o natal na sua época Essa história começa em uma véspera de natal em Londres。 Onde conhecemos Scrooge， com o típico esteriótipo de homem de negócios。 Scrooge não possui vínculo com ninguém， é rabugento， profundamente insensível e até mesmo maldoso。 Toda a aventura começa quando seu falecido sócio， Marley aperece como espírito。 Esse vem com um propósito de evitar que o amigo tenha o mesmo fim que o seu uma vez que está seguindo o mesmo rumo。 O espírito do sócio então， enviará 3 espíritos até Scrooge， para que ele tenha uma chance de rever quem é e possa se livrar daquele horrendo destino。Me:first of all， eu não tinha absolutamente nenhum conhecimento sobre a obra， achei que era conto infantil fofo e me assustei quando comecei a ler por que percebi que um filme da Barbie que gosto havia se inspirado dele haha E imediatamente após ler， fui ver um filme（Uma peça de natal） e ouvi muitas e muitas vezes de como era um clássico e reconheci as referências à história， que delícia de coincidência。 Eu amo quando isso acontece。 （ A protagonista do filme aliás， tem o hábito de lê a obra todo natal， hábito esse aliás， que definitivamente irei adotar）Eu nunca tive tanta sentimentos diferentes para uma mesma obra， como tive lendo essa。Ouvi o áudio livro do Storytel e acompanhei o áudiobookRepulsa， frustração， confusão， pena， conforto， esperança， tristeza， paixão， medo， surpresa e etc。 Sério， estou apaixonada" Por favor， diga-me que possoapagar o que está escrito nesta pedra！Desesperado， Scrooge agarrou a mão fantasmagórica。 Ela tentoulibertar-se， mas Scrooge suplicava， apertando-a com toda a força。 Então oEspírito， com uma força ainda maior， o repeliu"Eu simplesmente fiquei em choque e entrei em desespero， tinha certeza de que acabaria ali hahaA cena das crianças e da garra no segundo espírito。。。 Que escrita meus amigos！Anciosa e receosa para uma próximo leitura do Dickens 。。。more

Michael Richards ，

This story makes me cry。

Annette ，

Truly a Christmas Classic。 🎄🎅🏻

AnnaRichelle ，

It was a pleasure listening to this classic on Audible。 I listened to the version narrated by Hugh Grant。 It wasn't the most dynamic narration but he seemed to find his footing after a bit。 Shockingly， I've only ever seen movies， plays， animation depictions， etc， of this story and had never read the book。 I still want to read the actual hard copy book soon。 I will make this an annual read during the holiday season。 It was a pleasure listening to this classic on Audible。 I listened to the version narrated by Hugh Grant。 It wasn't the most dynamic narration but he seemed to find his footing after a bit。 Shockingly， I've only ever seen movies， plays， animation depictions， etc， of this story and had never read the book。 I still want to read the actual hard copy book soon。 I will make this an annual read during the holiday season。 。。。more

Nuha ，

I‘ve seen dozen adaptations of this story but it was so much fun！ I love that we got the happiest happy end and Tiny Tim will live。 Also the book is more socially critic than most movie adaptations which I really enjoyed。 I‘m stil a fan of the barbie version though！

Rhonda A。 ，

A favorite and annual read。 This year I did the Audible version with Hugh Grant narrating。 It was quite enjoyable。

Alma ，

I usually don’t listen to the classics。 But when I saw that Tim Curry was the narrator， I knew I had to make it a point to listen。 He did not disappoint！！ He was excellent and made A Christmas Carol enjoyable to listen to。 I will have to revisit this book every Christmas season！

Brandi Mueller ，

This was a joy to listen to :） （also， I love Disney’s A Christmas Carol， and that love was affirmed by it being pretty much shot-for-shot accurate of the book）

hauke。e ，

Weihnachten mit Dickens。 Könnte sich zu einer Routine entwickeln。Einmal im Jahr zur Weihnachtszeit den Weihnachtsabend lesen？ Klingt romantisch。Für mich hatte die Geschichte einen ganz besonderen Zauber， schwierig in Worte zu fassen。 Vielleicht ist es die Weihnachtsstimmung， die mich sowieso glücklich stimmt， die aber auch in dieser Erzählung eine ganz entschiedene Rolle spielt。 Und mit der Aussage: Verbringt euer Weihnachten in （Nächsten-）Liebe und Glück und mit denen， die euch am Liebsten sind Weihnachten mit Dickens。 Könnte sich zu einer Routine entwickeln。Einmal im Jahr zur Weihnachtszeit den Weihnachtsabend lesen？ Klingt romantisch。Für mich hatte die Geschichte einen ganz besonderen Zauber， schwierig in Worte zu fassen。 Vielleicht ist es die Weihnachtsstimmung， die mich sowieso glücklich stimmt， die aber auch in dieser Erzählung eine ganz entschiedene Rolle spielt。 Und mit der Aussage: Verbringt euer Weihnachten in （Nächsten-）Liebe und Glück und mit denen， die euch am Liebsten sind。 。。。more

Mireille Duval ，

I'm catching up on the Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast and I kept these two bonus episodes for Christmas time， which I happily realised was now upon us。 I enjoyed the audio version， and even though Gretchen Rubin isn't a professionnal reader， it felt like a friend was reading it to me。 The production was also good for something given freely to listeners like that。The story itself was very interesting！ I had never read anything by Dickens though I of course had seen many versions of this stor I'm catching up on the Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast and I kept these two bonus episodes for Christmas time， which I happily realised was now upon us。 I enjoyed the audio version， and even though Gretchen Rubin isn't a professionnal reader， it felt like a friend was reading it to me。 The production was also good for something given freely to listeners like that。The story itself was very interesting！ I had never read anything by Dickens though I of course had seen many versions of this story。 I was surprised to find it much funnier than I expected - I guess I thought it'd be more of a dreary， Victor Hugo-style of writing。 I love how it ends， it's so hopeful to think that everyone is capable of tremendous change for the better like that。Merry Christmas everyone。 。。。more

Sid ，

3。5/5 stars。

Kiara ，

4。5

teresa （taylor's version） ，

it's ok， but i didn't enjoyed it as much as other books from dickens it's ok， but i didn't enjoyed it as much as other books from dickens 。。。more

Seth ，

Although I have read many of Dickens' books over the years， somehow I never got around to reading this one until this year。 I count this as either his best or among the best of all he has written。 His magnum opus。This was such a joy to read - great characters， witty dialog， and beautiful descriptions。 I can see why some people read this book again and again。 Although I have read many of Dickens' books over the years， somehow I never got around to reading this one until this year。 I count this as either his best or among the best of all he has written。 His magnum opus。This was such a joy to read - great characters， witty dialog， and beautiful descriptions。 I can see why some people read this book again and again。 。。。more

Rose ，

Extremely important that I listened to this while it was snowing outside in December。 I think this made the experience even better， but I couldn't help picture every character in the book as the animals from the Disney show。 Extremely important that I listened to this while it was snowing outside in December。 I think this made the experience even better， but I couldn't help picture every character in the book as the animals from the Disney show。 。。。more

Iray Boburger ，

Scary af。 However， enjoyable。 I like it

Matilda Persson ，

Innan ni hoppar på mig om att jag har fel så vill jag försvara mig med att jag har svårt för äldre böcker och att jag är medveten om att det är mig det är fel på， alla andra älskar ju det här sega elände。 Jag började läsa Julberättelser 2019 men fick ta en paus då det blev alldeles för segt。 Nu 3 år senare är jag äntligen klar och att ta mig igenom den här boken ser jag som min största bedrift。 Språket gav mig huvudvärk och om jag inte hade somnat efter 10 sidor så kunde jag vara nöjd。 Detta var Innan ni hoppar på mig om att jag har fel så vill jag försvara mig med att jag har svårt för äldre böcker och att jag är medveten om att det är mig det är fel på， alla andra älskar ju det här sega elände。 Jag började läsa Julberättelser 2019 men fick ta en paus då det blev alldeles för segt。 Nu 3 år senare är jag äntligen klar och att ta mig igenom den här boken ser jag som min största bedrift。 Språket gav mig huvudvärk och om jag inte hade somnat efter 10 sidor så kunde jag vara nöjd。 Detta var min första bok av Dickens och jag önskar verkligen att jag gillade den， för i grunden är det ju en mysig historia （iallafall En spökhistoria vid jul）， men ärligt talat så hatade jag den。 Historierna om Nyårsklockorna och Knirpet kommer hemsöka mig för alltid som de tråkigaste historier jag någonsin läst。 。。。more

Yiğit Balltislam ，

cozy vibe ama also terrifying

Anneli Renfors ，

Klassiseen joulun tunnelmaan piparkakkujen koristelun yhteydessä。 Loistava lukija， hyvää huumoria ja tietenkin opetus。

Claire Gallagher ，

One of my favourite books of all time。 I read it every Christmas。 We all need a little hope and this redemption story is truly heart-warming。 A classic。

JL Torres ，

“There are many things from which I might have derived good， by which I have not profited， I dare say，” returned the nephew: “Christmas among the rest。 But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time， when it has come round—apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin， if anything belonging to it can be apart from that—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 consen “There are many things from which I might have derived good， by which I have not profited， I dare say，” returned the nephew: “Christmas among the rest。 But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time， when it has come round—apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin， if anything belonging to it can be apart from that—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 really were fellow-passengers to the grave， and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys。 And therefore， uncle， though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket， I believe that it has done me good， and will do me good; and I say， God bless it！”。。。“It is required of every man，” the Ghost returned， “that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men， and travel far and wide; and if that spirit goes not forth in life， it is condemned to do so after death。 It is doomed to wander through the world—oh， woe is me！—and witness what it cannot share， but might have shared on earth， and turned to happiness！” Again the spectre raised a cry， and shook its chain and wrung its shadowy hands。 “You are fettered，” said Scrooge， trembling。 “Tell me why？” “I wear the chain I forged in life，” replied the Ghost。 “I made it link by link， and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will， and of my own free will I wore it。 Is its pattern strange to you ？”。。。It is a fair， even-handed， noble adjustment of things， that while there is infection in disease and sorrow， there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour。。。。it is good to be children sometimes， and never better than at Christmas， when its mighty Founder was a child himself。 。。。more

Why Contain It ，

Beautiful writing， an engaging story， and a great message。 Merry Christmas！

Hannah Stevens ，

My first time reading this warm and happy Christmas classic！！ I LOVED it - there were so many times I had to reread a paragraph just to let Dickens’ words soak in。 I was pleasantly surprised by the funny moments sprinkled in with the moving redemption story arc。 Perfect read for this cozy time of year！

Reference

google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=A Christmas Carol

hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=A Christmas Carol&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft

The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,A Christmas Carol&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0