Christmas Carol, A
A Christmas book by Charles *Dickens, published 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old curmudgeon, receives on Christmas Eve a visit from the ghost of Marley, his late partner in business, and encounters a series of visions of the past, present, and future, including one of what his own death will be like unless he mends his ways. He wakes up on Christmas morning a changed man. One of Dickens's most enduringly popular works, the book has been the subject of numerous adaptations on stage, screen, and television.... ...
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