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A review by katykelly
A Christmas Carol and The Night Before Christmas (Annotated) With Commentary from Alison Larkin by Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens, Clement C. Moore, Alison Larkin
5.0
The most famous of all Christmas stories... The one that gave us Christmas as we know it.
You forget how short it is, but it's all so familiar - the scenes, the lines, the characters. I was offered an audio copy to listen to, and thought it a good time of year to revisit the Dickens classic.
Read with clear and energetic voice, this characterises the miserly old man brilliantly, and Dickens' wonderful ebullient language never fails to impress, his asides, his social commentary, the dark heart of his story about living with 'Christmas' in your heart and more importantly connecting with your fellow man a lifelong message for one and all.
Included is a reading of 'The Night Before Christmas', the unabridged poem, and between them a short annotation by Larkin (the poem's reader) discussing the two Christmas-themed famous works. It's quite interesting and I would have liked it to be longer!
Enjoyed my listen, it took just a few car journeys, will probably revisit them both annually.
With thanks to Alison Larkin and Audiobookblast for providing a sample copy, for review purposes.
You forget how short it is, but it's all so familiar - the scenes, the lines, the characters. I was offered an audio copy to listen to, and thought it a good time of year to revisit the Dickens classic.
Read with clear and energetic voice, this characterises the miserly old man brilliantly, and Dickens' wonderful ebullient language never fails to impress, his asides, his social commentary, the dark heart of his story about living with 'Christmas' in your heart and more importantly connecting with your fellow man a lifelong message for one and all.
Included is a reading of 'The Night Before Christmas', the unabridged poem, and between them a short annotation by Larkin (the poem's reader) discussing the two Christmas-themed famous works. It's quite interesting and I would have liked it to be longer!
Enjoyed my listen, it took just a few car journeys, will probably revisit them both annually.
With thanks to Alison Larkin and Audiobookblast for providing a sample copy, for review purposes.