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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 30, 2014 Annet rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, hope, brilliant, history, jingle-bells-jingle-bells, family-ties, have-to-read-again

Having seen many movie versions of this famous book , I thought it was finally time to read the book this (time of) year and I did!
How talented Dickens was... to invent this story and write it in beautiful language. Maybe I'll reread it again by Christmas time next year, so much detail there, deserves great attention, and my good intention will be to read more Dickens in the time to come. A delightful book, a very talented writer, so long ago... A magical story, famous for its moral and 'advice ...more

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

Shelves: 2013-reads, literary-fiction, on-my-shelves, 2014-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 14, 2017 Catsalive rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2023, pre-bc

Such a wonderful way with language has Mr. Dickens. It's a joy to read.

I, too, have often wondered what makes the doornail the deadest piece of ironmongery. When I mentioned this on a buddy read thread I was given decisive dissertation on the subject. Such fun! I got the giggles at this little piece of imagery: "Scrooge was not much in the habit of cracking jokes, nor did he feel, in his heart, by any means waggish then." No, poor old Ebenezer wasn't one for frivol or japery, especially at that ...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 15, 2014 Colette rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Although I am not a Dickens fan, I do enjoy a Christmas Carol. The story is timeless. The language, especially those passages describing food, is rich with description. The characters are unforgettable. This is a classic for a reason.

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Dec 14, 2012 Tawnya rated it liked it

Pretty impressed that the movies follow the book so closely. But Dickens is a little flowery for me.

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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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