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A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Start date: December 1, 2018

Finish date: December 31, 2018

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Mar 08, 2013 Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: oldies-but-goodies, classics, fantasy, things-go-bump-in-the-night

Ebenezer Scrooge, the very definition of grumpy miserliness, gets a second chance at figuring out what's really important in life, with the help of some ghosts who give him an unforgettable version of "This is Your Life."

This may not be a perfect piece of literature - there are a few places where Dickens goes off on tangential lines of thought that I thought would have been better left out - but you know, it's actually amazing and really touching, the influence this classic novella has had on ou ...more

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Dec 15, 2017 Christine PNW rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

The greatest of all Christmas stories and the greatest of all ghost stories, all wrapped into one delightful package.

The Tim Curry narration on Audible is outstanding.

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Jan 02, 2024 Cindy Newton rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: owned-books

This is a Christmas reread and is a critical part of my yearly Christmas experience. I love reading this and then watching the George C. Scott version of the movie. It isn't Christmas without it! ...more

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