A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Dickens, Charles (1812–1870).
Catalogue synopsis
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"A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas" by Charles Dickens is a novella published in 1843. It tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy miser who despises Christmas. Through supernatural visits from four ghosts—Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Future—Scrooge undergoes a profound transformation. This beloved tale has become one of Dickens's most famous works, adapted countless times across virtually every medium and performance genre since its publication.
Book and edition facts
- Title: A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
- Author credits: Dickens, Charles (1812–1870)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Christmas stories
- Ghost stories
- London (England) -- Fiction
- Misers -- Fiction
- Poor families -- Fiction
- Scrooge, Ebenezer (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Sick children -- Fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Novels
- Children's Literature
- Christmas
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