A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

ISBN 10: 0140861785 ISBN 13: 9780140861785

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2005

Synopsis

Ebenezer Scrooge, whose name is now synonymous with greed and parsimony, believes Christmas to be "humbug." Refusing to donate any of his fortune to the poor, he comforts himself by saying, "I don't make merry myself at Christmas, and I can't afford to make idle people merry."But then the ghost of his old partner, Jacob Marley, returns from the grave to haunt him. Dragging a long and heavy chain, representing his many sins, Marley sends down the three spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future to warn Scrooge against a similar fate...

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About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0140861785
• ISBN 13: 9780140861785
• Binding: Audio Cassette