A Christmas carol

in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas

118 pages

English language

Published Aug. 6, 1983 by Holiday House.

ISBN:
978-0-8234-0486-5
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OCLC Number:
9111609

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A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

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reviewed A Christmas carol by Charles Dickens (Prestwick House literary touchstone classics)

it was a splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh

Though I am not religious, and do not celebrate Christmas, I have always loved this story. Whether you call it “the spirit of Christmas”, or simply kindness, generosity and love, Dickens does a marvelous job of stirring the heart to some of the best qualities any of us might possess. It had been a very long time since I had read this, and I had forgotten some of its humor, but well had I remembered its message, and this re-read disappointed not in the least.

Subjects

  • Scrooge, Ebenezer (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
  • Poor families -- Fiction
  • Sick children -- Fiction
  • Misers -- Fiction
  • Christmas -- Fiction
  • Ghosts -- Fiction
  • London (England) -- Fiction
  • England -- Fiction