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A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Start date: December 1, 2018

Finish date: December 31, 2018

Discussion: October 2025 Group Read

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Dec 25, 2013 Barbara rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: on-my-shelves, 2014-reads, literary-fiction, 2013-reads

This edition is exquisitely illustrated by P.J. Lynch. The language is so rich that I think film versions really don't measure up to actually reading or listening to Dickens words. The illustrator P.J. Lynch did a fabulous job with this story, and enriches the experience tremendously. I didn't realize when I recently bought this that Lynch is Irish, born in Belfast, and living in Dublin. He has won a number of prizes including the Irish Bisto Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal - each twice, as w ...more

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Jan 08, 2020 Laura rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: owned

I'm so glad I finally purchased a copy of this and read it at the holidays. The Penguin Christmas Classics edition is very pretty with the cheerful red cardinal on the cover. It takes you a few pages to get into the cadence of Dickens' prose, but then it is just a pleasure to read. I recently watched the Patrick Stewart movie version and I was pleased to have a few of the period mysteries solved by reading the book. ...more

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Nov 18, 2019 Ketutar Jensen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Of course it has its problems, like the preaching tone and that one would become overnight something one has never even had any inclination or interest in, but - it's still scary and touching and lovely. :-D
There are some very nice bits in there, and some ideas of how to form my Christmas parties - I'd really love to have old-fashioned parlour games and so :-D ...more

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Dec 30, 2013 Judy rated it it was amazing

A Christmas doesn't go by that I don't take an evening, curl up in front of the fire, and reread this Christmas classic. I think that I need a yearly reminder about the true meaning of the season. ...more

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Dec 29, 2018 Lori Murray rated it really liked it

Loved the book. First time I actually read the book, of course I watched the movie so many times. I just enjoy this book so much and I am so glad I read the book. Definitely will be rereading it every Christmas.

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