CHRISTMAS CAROL | Dec. 17–Pub. Date ("Scrooge"). What year?

Charles Dickens,
A Christmas Carol,
A 1900 U.S. edition.

It was 1843 when A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was first published.

You may forget the name of the book. It was made into many successful movies, and they usually give the story a better name, just Scrooge:

• Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost, A Christmas Carol (1908)
• A Christmas Carol (1910)
• Scrooge (1913)
• Scrooge (1935)
• A Christmas Carol (1938)
• Scrooge (1951)
• It's Never Too Late (A Christmas Carol) (1960)
• Scrooge (1970)
• A Christmas Carol (1971)
• An American Christmas Carol, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Scrooged,The Muppet Christmas Carol, A Christmas Carol (1997)
• A Diva's Christmas Carol, Christmas Carol: The Movie, A Carol Christmas,Springtime with Roo, Chasing Christmas, A Christmas Carol (2006)
• A Dennis the Menace Christmas, An American Carol,Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,A Christmas Carol (2009)
• The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011)

You know the story. Three ghosts – from the past, present and future – haunt Ebenezer Scrooge, by the end of which he has learned the Spirit of Christmas. My favorite Scrooge I think is still Alistair Sim.

You don't need to pay for a copy of this book any more. The copyright has expired. You can read the entire book free. The full text is here: http://www.stormfax.com/dickens.htm. You're welcome.

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Thank you for ordering,
John
John Tepper Marlin for Boissevain Books