A Christmas Carol

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Summary: Great Christmas Story
Review: This book was really good. Some parts were a little hard to understand but otherwise it was good. It really explains the real meaning of Christmas.

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Summary: A Christmas Tale With Sincere Heart and "Spirits"
Review: "You will be haunted by Three Spirits." So forewarns Jacob Marley's ghost to Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge, a miser of stingy, unfavorable traits. And so begins the enduring Christmas classic distinguished by almost everyone. Come along on an erratic journey with the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, all of whom attempt to point Scrooge onto a virtuous path. Meet the most notable characters ever introduced in literature: Bob Cratchit, angelic Tiny Tim, and good-natured Fred. With vivid descriptions of Victorian England and enlightening dialogue, 'A Christmas Carol' will enrapture both the young and old throughout the year with a vital lesson on hope and benevolence for humanity. This, I find, is treasured most of all in this brief story marvelously crafted by the creative Charles Dickens. No matter how many adaptations of the book one has seen on television or as films, the real source is highly recommended and should not be missed. For if you do pass the book up, you are being just a Scrooge (metamorphically speaking, of course!).
--P.J. Persad

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Summary: A Change of Heart
Review: The Christmas Carol was a book that I throughly enjoyed. This book tells about the hardships and trials of life. This book show how your character depends alot on the way you are received. The three ghost show how Scrooges behavior is traced back to his childhood. It shows that your childhood tends to effect your adult hood.

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Summary: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Review: The book A Chrismas Carol was great! It was very inspirational. I would recommend the book to any adult or child. The book is basically an overview of how you can ruin your life, and even create death, by being mean. A Christmas Carol was a well- written example of how your attitude in everyday life, and even the way you celebrate holidays effect you and those around you. I enjoyed reading the book, because it inspired me to enlighten those around me that are like Ebenezer Scrooge or similar to consider changing. There were many interesting parts of the story. For example, in the story, the mean grouch, Ebenezer Scrooge had three ghost to haunt him. One of his past, present, and a ghost of Christmas yet to come. When each of these ghost haunted Scrooge, his attitude to each scene changed. He loved his past, hated his present, and pleaded for a better future. My favorite part of the story was the end. I enjoyed the end of the story, because Scrooge decided to change, his life improved, and he became a better person before it was too late.

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Summary: A Christmas Carol
Review: I loved the book. Charles Dickens gets a five star mark in my book. The book is nothing like the movie. The way Charles Dickens showed or wrote how the Scrooge changed almost brought me into tears. The movie showed little events than what the book showed. The said part is that many people are just like the Scrooge here today in the United States. On September 11, 2001 showed how many people are just like Scrooge. Men, that are supposed to be "created equal" killed over thousands of men, women, children, and animals all because the United States is more econmic to other countries. The Scrooge being the mastermind of the whole ordeal. I still believe that this book should be given and read to all ages to show how someone as mean as Scrooge can always change when ready or when needed to. To Charles Dickens you should get an award for this piece of work. I think all ages will enjoy this book and maybe someday we will all change and not be so mean to others. Freedom should come to all since we are all God's children

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Summary: wonderful rendition of this classic Christmas story
Review: Large print. Simple and yet wonderfully clear illustrations for the children and adults alike. This is the best Christmas Carol I have seen in 50 years.

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Summary: Better than the movie
Review: Yes, yes, I hear you say: why bother reading this old book when you can watch it on TV, in several different versions, during the holidays. Let me tell you, if anything, this is a better read if you've already seen the movie. The sense of bitter cold in London in 1840, and in Scrooge's heart, are all the more real in this slim text. Scrooge's isolation is shown to be something we have all felt at some time in our lives. His joyous redemption will evoke emotions you didn't know you had. Finally, for those of you who may have been tortured with Dicken's in highschool, this is an easy, single evening read.

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Summary: WOW!
Review: This is a great book for everyone! I just got done reading it for school! It really shows the different families in that time period of London! I dont want to give to much away! A MUST READ! Plus its a very short book! You could read it in an hour!

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Summary: A Christmas Carol
Review: Charles Dickens really gives you detail on how it was to live in London at that time period! It is a great book! I am not the best review person but it is a very descriptive book in a good way!

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Summary: A Timeless Christmas Tradition
Review: Master storyteller and social critic, Charles Dickens, turns this social treatise on shortcomings of Victorian society into an entertaining and heartwarming Christmas ghost story which has charmed generations and become an icon of Christmas traditions. Who, in the Western world has not heard, "Bah, Humbug!" And who can forget the now almost hackneyed line of Tiny Tim, "God bless us, every one!" or his cheerfully poignant observation, that he did not mind the stares of strangers in church, for he might thus serve as a reminder of He who made the lame, walk and the blind, see. Several movie versions: musical, animated, updated, or standard; as well as stage productions (I recall the Cleveland Playhouse and McCarter Theatre`s with fondess.) have brought the wonderful characterizations to the screen, as well as to life. This story of the redemption of the bitter and spiritually poor miser, and the book itself; however, is a timeless treasure whose richness, like Mrs Cratchit`s Christmas pudding, is one that no production can hope to fully capture.