A Christmas Carol E-Book

Charles Dickens.

• Herausgeber: Charles Dickens
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book to raise the Ghost of an Idea which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their house pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. Their faithful Friend and Servant, C. D. December, 1843.

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Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

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Table of contents

PREFACE

CHARACTERS

STAVE ONE

STAVE TWO

STAVE THREE

STAVE FOUR

STAVE FIVE

"How now?" said Scrooge, caustic and cold as ever."What do you want with me?"

PREFACE

I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book to raise the Ghost of an Idea which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their house pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.Their faithful Friend and Servant,C. D.December, 1843.

CHARACTERS

Bob Cratchit, clerk to Ebenezer Scrooge.Peter Cratchit, a son of the preceding.Tim Cratchit ("Tiny Tim"), a cripple, youngest son of Bob Cratchit.Mr. Fezziwig, a kind-hearted, jovial old merchant.Fred, Scrooge's nephew.Ghost of Christmas Past, a phantom showing things past.Ghost of Christmas Present, a spirit of a kind, generous, and hearty nature.Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, an apparition showing the shadows of things which yet may happen.Ghost of Jacob Marley, a spectre of Scrooge's former partner in business.Joe, a marine-store dealer and receiver of stolen goods.Ebenezer Scrooge, a grasping, covetous old man, the surviving partner of the firm of Scrooge and Marley.Mr. Topper, a bachelor.Dick Wilkins, a fellow apprentice of Scrooge's.Belle, a comely matron, an old sweetheart of Scrooge's.Caroline, wife of one of Scrooge's debtors.Mrs. Cratchit, wife of Bob Cratchit.Belinda and Martha Cratchit, daughters of the preceding.Mrs. Dilber, a laundress.Fan, the sister of Scrooge.Mrs. Fezziwig, the worthy partner of Mr. Fezziwig.

STAVE ONE