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A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Start date: December 1, 2024

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Dec 17, 2017 Paul Perry rated it it was amazing

Shelves: british, fiction, male-author, english, classic, play, seen-not-read, 19th-century, read-in-2017

I have read A Christmas Carol, though many years ago, and my memories of it are those of the various films - the Alastair Sim version being the pinnacle, with the Muppets a distant but creditable second place (for those of my American friends who consider the George C. Scott version the best, as much as I adore the actor himself, I am afraid you are simply wrong).

My lady took me as a surprise to see a local AmDram performance the other day, updated to the modern age and relocated to our city of ...more

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Jul 17, 2012 Lorraine rated it it was amazing

Shelves: christmas, classic

My favorite Christmas story of all time!
2022-I switched to reading this Christmas classic to Christmas Eve verses the Christmas season a few years back and I now love this practice. I truly wake up Christmas morning like Scrooge, a new woman. Happy Holidays to all of you💫

12/24. My yearly reread of the best Christmas classic ever!

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Feb 17, 2013 Madeline rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: christmas-stories, 5-star-classics, audiobook, loba-monthly-read

Great story!

Tim curry is an excellent narrator!

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Dec 22, 2018 Mary Bronson rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: children-s-classics, boys-will-be-boys, own, historical-fiction, netgalley, children-s-books, favorites, british-lit, christmas, own-2022

God Bless Us Everyone

I can see why this book is a classic. Great read and fast pace. Loved the characters and plot. Everyone should read this in Christmas

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Dec 13, 2021 AsimovsZeroth rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, fantasy, classic, britain-british

It's impossible to top Sir Patrick Stewart's narration of this classic, but Tim Curry's version is delightful and a close 2nd for me. ...more

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Dec 14, 2014 Jami rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audible-books, classics

This was a freebie from the Ford book club; thank you Ford!!! I had read this one ago and was happy to reconnect with Scrooge and the ghosts as an adult. I love this story and Tim Curry's narration was outstanding! ...more

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