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A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Every year at this same time I listen to this book. First, Tim Curry is brilliant. Brilliant. For me, there can be no other reader. Period.
The story is one we all know, and yet it never gets old. Dickens' story is of redemption but is also a social commentary on 19th-century England and both messages are driven home, yet Dickens doesn't lecture and makes Scrooge, despite his meanness, relatable. We understand how he came to be the man he is at the beginning of the story, and his transformation throughout the book makes sense.
There's no good way to review a book like this so I'll leave with the suggestion that, no matter how many times you've seen the many movie versions of this story (my personal favorite is the Alastair Sim film from the 1950s), read the book. There is so much that Dickens has done with language that even the best film adaptations can't communicate. Read the book. It's gorgeous.
The story is one we all know, and yet it never gets old. Dickens' story is of redemption but is also a social commentary on 19th-century England and both messages are driven home, yet Dickens doesn't lecture and makes Scrooge, despite his meanness, relatable. We understand how he came to be the man he is at the beginning of the story, and his transformation throughout the book makes sense.
There's no good way to review a book like this so I'll leave with the suggestion that, no matter how many times you've seen the many movie versions of this story (my personal favorite is the Alastair Sim film from the 1950s), read the book. There is so much that Dickens has done with language that even the best film adaptations can't communicate. Read the book. It's gorgeous.