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A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens

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skylie543's review against another edition

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challenging reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

ellacolton's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

tobysutton_long's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Here contains a really nice little collection of Dickens' Christmas works. Most of the stuff in this anthology I was unfamiliar with, some bits I knew, but every piece was interesting in one way or another.

Christmas Festivities - A nice little introduction to the book.

The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton - I really enjoyed this one, a forerunner to A Christmas Carol, but in some ways more gruesome.

A Christmas Episode from Master Humphrey's Clock - We stan the disability rep!

A Christmas Carol - My goodness this is just time and time again a wonderful read, Dickens is such a master of storytelling.

The Haunted Man - Weird, very very weird.

A Christmas Tree - Some nice language, but I admit I couldn't really tell you what was going on.

What Christmas is, as we Grow Older - This is quite deep for such a short story.

The Seven Poor Travellers - An interesting and readable ending, I wish it was longer.

shinysarah28's review against another edition

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Read the other stories but not A Christmas Carol

jacobcarllonthekeys's review against another edition

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5.0

Just read A Christmas Carol again - not the whole collection, just the one story. For some reason this year I had a harder time getting through it. I could tell more obviously the moments where Dickens was writing sentences for the payment and not for the story, but perhaps I just wasn't in the right mood to read this year as I have in the past. Still an enjoyable story, I hope to remember to read it EARLIER next December instead of waiting to start it on the 23rd of December, the busiest time!