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4.32k reviews for:
A Christmas Carol [Illustrated]: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
Charles Dickens
3.99 AVERAGE
4.32k reviews for:
A Christmas Carol [Illustrated]: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
Charles Dickens
3.99 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A perfect book to get you into the festive mood. I read it every year.
One of my earliest and best books, the dedication reads "To Alun. From Auntie Norah, Christmas 1961". Norah Golding was a customer of my father's, she managed the William Lewis Shop on the corner of Queen Street and Charles Street in Cardiff. William Lewis Printers, Booksellers and Stationers were an old Cardiff firm. Their factory was in Penarth Road, I remember. (They used to be typewriter experts also.)
The story is known to all, the message perhaps even more valid with passing years. 'It is never too late to change, to make amends, to become a better person.' When I used to read it as a child Ronald Searle's superb illustrations used to scare me, could people really look like that? how can there be such poverty? such unfairness? The appearance of edentulous faces soon became a familiar site once I had reached my student days.
Norah G also gave me a copy of another favourite from slightly later days, Rudyard Kipling's great tales of teenage public school boys, "Stalky and Co".
The story is known to all, the message perhaps even more valid with passing years. 'It is never too late to change, to make amends, to become a better person.' When I used to read it as a child Ronald Searle's superb illustrations used to scare me, could people really look like that? how can there be such poverty? such unfairness? The appearance of edentulous faces soon became a familiar site once I had reached my student days.
Norah G also gave me a copy of another favourite from slightly later days, Rudyard Kipling's great tales of teenage public school boys, "Stalky and Co".
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I decided to give Chuck another chance and now I regret it. This was only slightly better than A Tale of Two Cities and what made it better was the fact that it was much, much shorter. This book blows, don't read it.
a nightmare before christmas indeed.
this may be my favorite christmas story
this may be my favorite christmas story
Found an audio version with Jim Dale narrating and of course I loved it. No one reads like he does.
i've never really understood the hype. i mean, i liked muppet christmas carol movie. but after reading (and listening to neil gaiman at nypl), i enjoyed the drama, the darkness, the prose, eliquence, and equally the reminders of what's important... not just at christmas, but especially at christmas.
A Christmas classic, if there ever was one.
Not only is a great book to read around Christmas but it is a favorite of mine. I can know the story of A Christmas Carol like the back of my hand. (here's a little mole on my thumb, and um, a scar on my wrist from when I fell off my bike) I can quote it every way imaginable.
It's a great story. Dickens captures a great character that has stood the test of time in Ebenezer Scrooge. Not only that but Dickens begins a great discussion on the governmental systems in place at the time and why they are not a good thing.
I love this and could read it 1000 times over.
Not only is a great book to read around Christmas but it is a favorite of mine. I can know the story of A Christmas Carol like the back of my hand. (here's a little mole on my thumb, and um, a scar on my wrist from when I fell off my bike) I can quote it every way imaginable.
It's a great story. Dickens captures a great character that has stood the test of time in Ebenezer Scrooge. Not only that but Dickens begins a great discussion on the governmental systems in place at the time and why they are not a good thing.
I love this and could read it 1000 times over.