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A Christmas Carol in Prose
Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
6 chapters and parts · about 2 hours to read
What the book is about
"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.
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- Christmas stories
- Ghost stories
- London (England)
- Misers
- Poor families
Chapters
A Christmas Carol in Prose, by Charles Dickens, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #46, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.
