A Christmas Carol

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Summary: read this!
Review: my class had to read this book for lit. class this year. although many thought this book boring and stupid, i loved it. i loved all the characters like fezziwig and scrooge. it amazed me when out teacher told us dickens never went to school. i think everyone should read this classic, because it changed my way of thinking and helped open many ideas to me. read this! itz not only a christmas story, but a story of repentance that should be enjoyed all year round.

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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: I really enjoyed reading A Christmas Carol. I've heard the story many times before, but this was the first time I have read the full novel, and I'm very thankful that I did. It is a great book, full of vivid descriptions, sybolism, and extremely important life lessons. It's a reall page-turner, and it's one of the few books I've read that I've had a hard time putting down.

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Summary: Truly a Gem!!!
Review: This classic will live on eternally. Every Christmas I see at least ten different versions of this book on tv.

A dream changes a man for the better, and gives him a
new life and turns his enemies into friends. This book gave me
such a special feeling, as do the movies.

I recommend this book for anyone who hasn't read it
yet, and I give it five stars:)

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Summary: A Makeover of Scrooge (Stern)
Review: This was a wonderful surprise for me after having to put hard times down through boredom. It's about a hundred and thirty pages long with large gaps in between the lines so it took me about three or four hours to read it. Of course I've seen countless actors play Scrooge (George C. Scott my favourite)but really, because there's been so many, none of them dominated my mind while reading. The plot moves along very quickly and little is in the book plotwise which is not in the films. In fact I'm now aware of how much the films 'fleshed out' some of it.Also in the movies you can't get a lot of the Dickens humour which is sprinkled through the prose so it was a great choice for me and will be for you.

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Summary: Excellent audio rendition of a classic story
Review: A Christmas Carol is a Dickens classic whose story has held true throughout the ages. A Christmas Carol should ideally be read. After you have read the book you should buy this audio rendition. Geoffrey Palmer is not only an excellent actor but has a terrific voice for narration. Dicken's has a way with words that makes it easy to the reader/listener to imagine the setting. Palmer builds on this with his rendition of the story, where you can truly experience the old fashioned dickensian christmas era. Unlike other narrators that summarize this classic, Palmer reads straight from the novel so if you have the book you can follow line by line. The story is told across two audio tapes. I noticed that amazon.co.uk has just released this rendition on CD, so hopefully the CD will be available in the US soon.


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Summary: Geoffrey Palmer IS Scrooge!...Delightful Audio Reading
Review: This review refers to the Unabridged Audio Cassettebook(Penguin Classics) of Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol", read by Geoffrey Palmer.

Gather the family around, and let Geoffrey Palmer, take you on a wonderful journey through time with his marvelous reading of "A Christmas Carol".

You know the story..... Ebenzer Scrooge is a bitter old man who "Will keep Christmas in my own way", which is not al all. People cringe when they see him coming. Dogs cower. But that is all about to change. He is visited by the ghost of his deceased partner, Jacob Marley, dragging the chains he has forged for himself in life, and learns that it is not too late for him. He can redeem himself!

Scrooge is visited by three more spirits that Christmas eve. His past, his present and his future. Each take him on a fantastick journey,through time and space, showing him how
his ways are wrong, and what will happen if he doesn't change.

Geoffrey Palmer("As Time Goes By") is a delight to listen to, as he transforms Scrooge from a bitter man to a caring human being. He is perfect at the subtle changes as Scrooge becomes humbled by the spirits, and then quite humorously becomes giddy with his new found appreciation of mankind. In the end we know that he changes not just so he can have a better after life, but because he really cares about life and humanity.

Palmer captures the mood and depth of Scrooge, the era, and all the characters, giving just the right inflections and tones to bring them to life.

This is a two cassette book, running a little over 3 hours in total time. Packaged nicely with an outer cardboard box and an inner plastic double cassette case. The quality is very nice. The sound is great, very clear. Listen to it in your car, on your walkman, or put it on the stereo Christmas Eve for some family fun.

Because there are so many versions of this wonderful story, with all the reviews together, I am including the ISBN number for you, if this unabridged audio reading is the one you are interested in....0140861785. Just put it in the product search and it will take you to the right page.

Highly recommended for you Holiday entertainment...enjoy...Laurie