Christmas Carol, A

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | 371 words | Copyright

Christmas Carol, A, a Christmas book by Dickens, published 1843.

Scrooge, an old curmudgeon, receives on Christmas Eve a visit from the ghost of Marley, his late partner in business, and beholds a series of visions, including one of what his own death will be like unless he is quick to amend his ways. As a result of this he wakes up on Christmas morning an altered man.

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