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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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Dec 23, 2023 Laura (Reading is a Doing Word) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2023-read, classics-trad-and-modern, books-i-own, illustrated, christmas, dickens

I think this is my 3rd annual read of A Christmas Carol and I love it every time.
I'm always struck by how quickly Scrooge starts to change. Even during the visitation from the Ghost of Christmas Past, he begins to feel badly for his current behaviour and soften at the memories of his childhood.
We see how young Scrooge acts in different circumstances and how he gradually comes to value money over love. I would love to see more into this era of Scrooge's life. What incidents occurred, or what seri ...more

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Dec 15, 2022 Laura (Reading is a Doing Word) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classics-trad-and-modern, books-i-own, christmas, 2022-read

The quintessential Christmas classic!
There's not much that hasn't already been said about this story, so it's hard to review without repeating others.
It's amazing to me that A Christmas Carol is so embedded in our national consciousness, that even if folk have never read it, everyone is more or less familiar with the premise.
Miserly Scrooge is visited by ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him the error of his ways. He embraces their lessons and goes on to live with a generous heart and spirit all ...more

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Dec 15, 2017 Audrey rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Bah! Humbug!

A great book to read in the month of Christmas. I've read this book before many years back but reading it again gives me better understanding and appreciation of the story. Scrooge is a funny man and as much as he is a grumpy, old man who hates people, Christmas, socializing and giving to charity, it's hard to dislike him because he's not really that evil or bad. I personal enjoyed the part where the poor people enjoying Christmas with their family even though they don't have anythi ...more

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Jun 01, 2017 Grace rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016-reads

A favorite Christmas week read.... lost count of the number of times I've read it.

An explanation of my star rating.
5= Truly cream of the crop. Amazing. In a wondrous realm of their own
4= Special and well written. Truly a good/maybe great book, but not a rare 5 star wonder.
3= Moments of brilliance, a pleasure to read. I'd recommend it.
2= An average book... since I'm not usually reading mass market romances/mysteries, they are average in MY range of books. (I admit that sounds snarky)
1= Why did ...more

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