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A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Start date: December 1, 2017

Finish date: December 31, 2017

Discussion: Lesser Know/Wilderness Classics

Why we're reading this: Tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge.
Genre: Novella

[close] Tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge.
Genre: Novella

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What Members Thought

Dec 27, 2009 Laura rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2009, classics, victorians, audio-books, books-on-books, christmas-books

Bitter miser Ebenezer Scrooge is taken on a ghostly journey of self-redemption. Stars Michael Gough and Freddie Jones. Part of the BBC Christmas 2009 season.

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Aug 18, 2007 Melissa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classics

Last year I listened to it by Neil Gaiman, this year Jim Dale. Both amazing! Of the two, I prefer the non-abridged audio version. Next year I'll try Tim Curry's. ...more

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Dec 23, 2012 Amanda rated it really liked it

Shelves: ap-literature, favorites, friend-s-recs, classics, 4-stars

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2015 -- Audio Book Reading by Neil Gaiman

A favorite habit of mine is to read this book every year at Christmas. I got lucky this year and Neil Gaiman read it to me, flush with all of Dicken's own personal notes for how the piece was best performed to audiences. ...more

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