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A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Start date: December 1, 2011

Finish date: December 31, 2011

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Dec 04, 2012 Lauren rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1001-books, tbr-dec2012, 1305

I am very happy that Tale of Two Cities was my first Dickens because I think that if I had started here I would have missed some of the beautiful language trying to get at the familiar story. A Christmas Carol is a christmas classic for a reason. I just wish that I had been able to read it without automatically thinking of several of the characters as muppets.

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Jun 16, 2014 Henry Le Nav rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The classic Christmas story...almost as good as the George C. Scott version of the movie, which I have seen so many times I can recite it!

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Aug 25, 2011 Heather rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2010, audiobook, classics, historical, fantasy

I couldn't finish listening to Jim Dale's version. It was good, but distracting. I kept trying to recognize the different voices he used as characters from Harry Potter. ...more

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May 06, 2015 Nenda rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: drama, religion, 2015-reading-challenge

#47 a book set during Christmas (or similar holiday)
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Dec 09, 2013 Jessica rated it it was amazing

I picked this up expecting something different. I've seen hundred's of movie versions of this book. I was surprised to learn that most of those movies have quoted this book line for line in some spots. It was an easy read and I enjoyed using my own imagination to create the characters. It's a very vivid story and I can see why all the movies have stuck pretty close to the book. Why mess with perfection. I could easily see reading this becoming a Christmas tradition. ...more

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