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    A Christmas Carol - Wikipedia

    A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of … See more

    The book is divided into five chapters, which Dickens titled "staves".
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    A Christmas Carol opens on a bleak, cold Christmas Eve in … See more

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    The central character of A Christmas Carol is Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly London-based businessman, described in the story as "a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, … See more

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    As the result of the disagreements with Chapman and Hall over the commercial failures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens arranged to pay for the publishing himself, in exchange for a percentage of the profits. Production of A Christmas Carol was not without … See more

    In January 1844 Parley's Illuminated Library published an unauthorised version of the story in a condensed form which they sold for See more

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    The writer Charles Dickens was born to a middle-class family which got into financial difficulties as a result of the spendthrift nature of his father John. In 1824 John was committed to the See more

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    The transformation of Scrooge is central to the story. Davis considers Scrooge to be "a protean figure always in process of reformation"; Kelly … See more

    According to Douglas-Fairhurst, contemporary reviews of A Christmas Carol "were almost uniformly kind". The Illustrated London News See more

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    A Christmas Carol is one of Dickens' most enduring and well-loved tales. He wrote it in six weeks, and it was originally published in the Christmas of 1843. It evokes perfectly the sensations of a Victorian Christmas, but its lasting appeal …

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    Dec 24, 2007 · Read or download the classic novella about Ebenezer Scrooge's transformation by the ghosts of Christmas. Choose from different formats and illustrations, including the original 1843 edition with John Leech's color …

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    Sep 20, 2006 · "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens is a novella written in the mid-19th century. This classic tale explores themes of redemption, compassion, and the spirit of Christmas through the character of Ebenezer …

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    Charles Dickens’s timeless tale, A Christmas Carol, was written in 1843, and tells the story of the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge, a selfish and callous miser who says “humbug!” to the Christmas season and all those who delight …

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