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Countless versions of A Christmas Carrol have apeared onstaage, in the movies and on television. It has starred everyone from Donald Duck to Bill Murray to Mr. Magoo. So when reading Charles Dickens classic for the first time it is hard for the book not to seem stale and cliched but one must remember this book came before all the plays, movies and TV specials. Accdording to a number of historians the book created Christmas as we celibrated. So because of it impact on the artistic world and life
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Loved this book! I think I'll make a goal to re-read it each Christmas! I'd have to ecco some of my friends in saying that one of the qualities of this book and other great books is that it really gets you thinking and reflecting on your own life. I love it's power and ability to do that!
It was interesting having read this right after reading Dante's Devine Comedy. I can see parallels. Scrooge is taking a journey into his own hell, a journey into the labyrinth of his own creation, and fortunatel ...more
It was interesting having read this right after reading Dante's Devine Comedy. I can see parallels. Scrooge is taking a journey into his own hell, a journey into the labyrinth of his own creation, and fortunatel ...more
My Christmas holiday themed book. I like the morals in this book but of course Dickens has to go on and on about details. Not that I don't like Dickens, thats just his style.
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Rabbit {Paint me like one of your 19th century gothic heroines!}
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