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Familiar story of Scrooge and the spirits of Christmas past, present and future. Probably my favorite Dickens' novel. The way that Dickens uses language makes reading his books pure joy (keep a dictionary handy!).

wunderlong88 | Sep 14, 2018 |

Not the usual Dickens novel, but a very good and heartwarming read nonetheless. (

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siok | Aug 26, 2018 |

51/60 of special edition (

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Drfreddy94 | Jul 17, 2018 |

Every year or so I re-read this lovely Dickens' classic, and I appreciate it the same every time. It is one of the few stories that is so well written that even Hollywood dares not tamper with it. I have seen (as no doubt you have) multiple versions of this story and no one ever tries to add or subtract from the events. That is a statement in itself.

When we think "Christmas", much of what comes to mind comes directly from the pages of this book. I hope we can all find a moment to include the three spirits in our lives this year. And, as Tiny Tim would say, "God Bless us, every one." (

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phantomswife | Jul 6, 2018 |

so well crafted. great writing; great articulation of an idea (

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margaretfield | May 29, 2018 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Dickens, Charles	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Altın, Sami	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Altena, Ernst van	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Anttila, Werner	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Appelbaum, Stanley	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Aquilano, Mariela	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Atwood, Margaret	—	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Aya, Emilio Olcina	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Baker, Tom	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Barkóczi András	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Beck, Charles	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Bedford, Francis D.	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Blake, Quentin	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Brock, C. E.	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Buckinx, Théo	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Chesterton, G. K.	Preface	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Colombo, Ruth	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Coolen, Anton	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Curry, Tim	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Dale, Jim	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Díaz, José	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Dewsnap, Robert	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Dunn, Charles	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Enhörning, Eva	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Fluck, Peter	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Foreman, Michael	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Garcia, Laura	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Helanen-Ahtola, Marja	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Helquist, Brett	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Holmberg, Nils	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Hoog, Else	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Hyman, Trina Schart	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Ibarra Montilla, Alfredo	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Ingpen, Robert	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Innocenti, Roberto	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Innocenti, Roberto	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Jacobi, Derek	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Jones, Lawrence	Photographer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Law, Roger	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Leech, John	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Lesser, Anton	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Lund, Stefan	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Lynch, Patrick James	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Mateus, Carlos Ardila	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Palmer, Geoffrey	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Pedraza, Juan Manuel	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Prebble, Simon	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Rackham, Arthur	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Richardson, Sir Ralph	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Stewart, Patrick	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Torvinen, Jukka	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Valkonen, Tero	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Veenbaas, Jabik	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Verdejo Lopez, Carmen	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Weise, Arne	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Wilton, Charles	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Worsley, John	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Zwerger, Lisbeth	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Is contained in

A Christmas Treasury of Yuletide Stories and Poems by James Charlton

Five Novels: A Christmas Carol/David Copperfield/Great Expectations/Oliver Twist/A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations / Hard Times / A Christmas Carol / A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol / The Chimes by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens

Christmas Books by Charles Dickens

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Christmas Books, Tales and Sketches by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol / David Copperfield / Great Expectations / Oliver Twist / The Pickwick Papers / A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's Literature by Alison Sage

Great works of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens

Kerstverhalen by Charles Dickens

The Annotated Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens

Christmas Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens

The Longman Anthology of British Literature, Volume 2B: The Victorian Age by David Damrosch

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol | A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens

Great Novels: Charles Dickens by PARR

Dickens' Christmas: A Victorian Celebration by Simon Callow

A Christmas Carol / The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens

Once upon a time; the fairy tale world of Arthur Rackham by Margery Darrell

A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth / The Battle of Life / The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain by Charles Dickens

Penguin Christmas Classics by Charles Dickens

Is retold in

A Christmas Carol [adapted - Resnick] by Charles Dickens

Zombies Christmas Carol by Jim McCann

On Top Of The World (Until The Bell Chimes) by David Lamb

Has the (non-series) sequel

Mr. Timothy: A Novel by Louis Bayard

A Christmas Tale by Austin Crawley

Has the adaptation

Mickey’s Christmas Carol by Walt Disney Productions

A Christmas Carol [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Malvina G. Vogel

A Christmas Carol [adapted - Oxford Bookworms] by Clare West

Scrooged [1988 film] by Richard Donner

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A Christmas Carol [1999 film] by David Jones

A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley by Israel Horovitz

A Christmas Carol [adapted - Michael Cole] by Charles Dickens

Zombies Christmas Carol by Jim McCann

A Christmas Carol: Dicken's Classic Tale Retold for Young Children by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol [adapted - Macmillan Heinemann Reader] by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol [adapted - Longman Classics] by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol [graphic novel - Campfire Classics by Charles Dickens

First Classics Illustrated: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Classics Illustrated Deluxe #9: Scrooge, A Christmas Carol & A Remembrance of Mugby by Charles Dickens by Rodolphe

Scrooge [1935 film] by Henry Edwards

Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol: A Graphic Novel by Benjamin Harper

A Christmas Carol [radio drama] by Lionel Barrymore

A Christmas Carol: adapted for the stage by Paul Sills

A Christmas Carol..Charles Dickens by Nigel Flynn

Cuento De Navidad joyas Literarias Juveniles by Carlos Dickens

A Christmas Carol by Craig Sodaro

A Christmas Carol (Audible Original Drama) by Charles Dickens

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Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1961 v04 by Reader's Digest

A Christmas Carol [adapted] by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol - A Reader's Digest Condensed Book by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol [adapted - Dickens Library] by Charles Dickens

Is parodied in

Zombies Christmas Carol by Jim McCann

Inspired

The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992 film] by Brian Henson

Batman: Noel by Lee Bermejo

Mr. Men: A Christmas Carol by Roger Hargreaves

Batman: Ghosts by Jeph Loeb

Has as a reference guide/companion

The Annotated Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford

A Christmas Carol Keepsake: Dickens' Reading Version and Your Victorian Christmas Celebration by Dr. Elliot Engel

Has as a student's study guide

A Christmas Carol Study Guide by Rebecca Gilleland

A Christmas Carol Study Guide CD-ROM by Rebecca Gilleland

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Series (with order)

Christmas Books (1)

Canonical title

A Christmas Carol

Original title

A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

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Ghost of Christmas Past

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Important places

London, England, UK

Camden Town, London, England, UK

England, UK

Important events

Christmas

Related movies

Scrooge (1951 ∙ IMDb)

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962 ∙ TV ∙ IMDb)

Scrooge (1970 ∙ IMDb)

A Christmas Carol (1971 ∙ TV ∙ IMDb)

An American Christmas Carol (1979 ∙ IMDb)

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Awards and honors

BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 47)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2006 Edition)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (2009.0390|2009, Ages 8↑)

Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1843)

Audie Winner (2005.23|Classics,2005)

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Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no 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.

Quotations

"God bless us, every one!" said Tiny Tim, the last of all.

"Bah!" said Scrooge. "Humbug!"

Marley was dead: to begin with.

If you should happen, by any unlikely chance, to know a man more blest in a laugh than Scrooge's nephew, all I can say is I should like to know him too.

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Disambiguation notice

This work contains various editions of the unabridged book "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Please do not combine it with adaptations or abridgments, or with collections that contain additional works.

I am assuming (without any evidence!) that the Puffin children's edition is an adaptation: if you know that it is NOT, please combine with the main work, otherwise leave it be.

Specially edited for reading aloud before an audience.

ISBN 1568461828 is not a DK Eyewitness Classics edition.

ISBN 1580495796 is "Unabridged with glossary and reader's notes." "This Prestwick House edition, is an unabridged republication of A Christmas Carol, published by George Routledge and Sons, London."

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English

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Adaptations of A Christmas Carol

John Worsley (artist)

Literature of Birmingham

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/charlesdickenspage.com

William Sandys (antiquarian)

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Filled with description, Charles Dickens writes about the struggles of a poor family and the despicable Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is a ruthless man who only cares about himself and money. Scrooge's entire character is changed on the night of Christmas Eve when is is visited by three ghosts as he relives parts of his past and his future in order to see what has and would become of him if he does not make a dramatic change in his life. I absolutely love this story and all that it entails. It is somewhat towards the bottom of my list though because some of the description can become a bit daunting as you read this novel.

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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0486268659, Paperback)

In the history of English literature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which has been continuously in print since it was first published in the winter of 1843, stands out as the quintessential Christmas story. What makes this charming edition of Dickens's immortal tale so special is the collection of 80 vivid illustrations by Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Shinn, a well-known artist in his time, was a popular illustrator of newspapers and magazines whose work displayed a remarkable affinity for the stories of Charles Dickens, evoking the bustling street life of the mid-1800s. Printed on heavy, cream-colored paper stock, the edges of the pages have been left rough, simulating the way in which the story might have appeared in Dickens's own time. Though countless editions of this classic have been published over the years, this one stands out as particularly beautiful, nostalgic, and evocative of the spirit of Christmas.

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A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

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