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A CHRISTMAS CAROL 8 remarkable in his taking a stroll at night, in an easterly wind, upon his own ramparts, than there would be in any other middle-aged gentleman rashly turning out after dark in a breezy spot— say Saint Paul’s Churchyard for instance— literally to astonish his son’s weak mind.
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What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer; a time for balancing your books and having every item in them through a round dozen of months presented dead against you?
Dec 24, 2007 · In Children's Literature. In Christmas. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- 0-397-00033-2
- Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939
- A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (PDF, ebook) Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean old man with no friends or family to love him - he's just so miserable and bitter! One freezing cold Christmas Eve, Marley's Ghost pays Scrooge a visit and an eerie night-time journey begins.
- PREFACE
- CHARACTERS
- Tim Cratchit ("Tiny Tim"), a cripple, youngest son
- Ghost of Christmas Present, a spirit of a kind, generous,
- Marley.
- Belinda and Martha Cratchit, daughters of the pre-
- Bed-curtains
- MARLEY was dead, to begin with. There is no
- it.
I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book to raise the Ghost of an Idea which shall not put my readers out of humour with them- selves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their house pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. Their faithful Friend and Servant,
Bob Cratchlt, clerk to Ebenezer Scrooge. Peter Cratchit a son of the preceding.
of Bob Cratchit. Mr. Fezziwig, a kind-hearted, jovial old merchant. Fred, Scrooge's nephew.
and hearty nature. Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, an apparition show- ing the shadows of things which yet may happen. Ghost of Jacob Marley, a spectre of Scrooge's former partner in business. Joe, a marine-store dealer and receiver of stolen goods. Ebenezer Scrooge, a grasping, covetous old man, the surviving partner of the firm of Scrooge and
Mr. Topper, a bachelor. Dick Wilkins, a fellow apprentice of Scrooge*s. Belle, a comely matron, an old sweetheart of Scrooge's. Caroline, wife of one of Scrooge's debtors. Mrs. Cratchit, wife of Bob Cratchit.
ceding. Mrs. Dilber, a laundress. Fan, the sister of Scrooge. Mrs. Fezziwig, the worthy partner of Mr. Fezziwig. vii "
! " You don't mean to say you took 'em down, rings and all, with him lying there " ? said Joe. " Yes, I do," replied the woman.
doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail. Mind ! I don't mean to say that I know of my own knowledge, what there is pa...
' Is its pattern strange to you ? Scrooge trembled more and more. * Or would you know,' pursued the Ghost, ' the weight and length of the strong coil you bear your- self ? It was full as heavy and as long as this seven Christmas Eves ago. You have laboured on it since. It is a ponderous chain ! Scrooge glanced about him on the floor, in the ex- pec...
Dec 9, 2005 · This is a version that Charles Dickens would use when performing public readings of A Christmas Carol. He shortened it on purpose for the readings. It is not meant to take the place of the original text on your library shelf, or to read to each other by the fire Christmas eve - so bear that in mind.
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