A Christmas Carol in Reading 1001

Dec 29, 2018 Karen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This is a re-read. I always have the intention to read this every year, but I often don't get the opportunity to read more than a couple of pages.

12/4/2023: I finished this again. I read this rather slowly so that I could really enjoy it. ...more

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Sep 19, 2013 Rachel N. rated it liked it

I already knew the basics of the story from seeing several movie versions. I found the ending a little too light and the transformation a bit silly in the book.

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Dec 26, 2018 Leona rated it it was amazing

My first read of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. I have watched movies of A Christmas Carol and have liked them so decided it was time to red the story.

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Dec 01, 2017 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1001-books, classics, vic-lit

Charles Dickens had a brilliant facility with language. He spins lovely, funny, engaging sentences that make me wish for an ease with words like his. I love the way he tells the story. Close to the beginning of this book there was a paragraph describing Scrooge that was so vivid and clever, I laughed out loud causing my husband to question what I had heard.

This is a tale that everyone knows -- or at least has some m knowledge about. And, like most I have seen the movie. But this is the first yea ...more

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Feb 15, 2016 Cora rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: christmas, classic, kindle, holiday, paranormal, ghosts, europe, audible, england, 1001-books

A Christmas Carol is the classic Christmas story of the redemption of Ebeneezer Scrooge. Scrooge is a stingy man with no family or friends. The ghost of his deceased partner appears to him and warns him that he must change his ways or suffer for eternity. To assist the change, Scrooge is visited by three ghosts who show him images from Christmas past, present, and future. I have seen so many movie adapations of the novel that the story felt like a reread. It is a heartwarming story and a bit ide ...more

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Apr 28, 2014 Ashley Husemoller rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1001-before-dying, rory-gilmore-challenge

RE-READ! Oh my goodness. What can I say about Charles Dickens except that I love his stories. I read this classic every year around the holidays. Ghosts teaching life-lessons? Count me in! This is the ultimate feel-good story. 23/1,001

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