A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
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A Christmas Carol

Author: Charles Dickens

Narrator: Peter Baker

Unabridged: 2 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2014

Synopsis

Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to accept that Christmas is a time for peace and goodwill to all men. While those less fortunate than him are charitable, Scrooge remains set in his curmudgeonly ways. One Christmas Eve, however, his outlook begins to change with a visit from the ghost of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley’s ghost forewarns Scrooge of three other spirits who will come to haunt him that night—the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come. Accompanied by these, Scrooge is granted first a glimpse of his own past and then an insight into the home life of his poor yet loyal clerk, Bob Cratchit. Scrooge looks on with something approaching pity as the Cratchits gather around a paltry table to celebrate the festive season. Is the sight of others’ hardships, coupled with a dark vision of what the future may hold, enough to make Scrooge see the folly of his ways?

About Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was born in Landport, Portsmouth, England, the second of eight children in a family continually plagued by debt. A legacy brought release from the nightmare of debtors’ prison and child labor and afforded him a few years of formal schooling. He worked as an attorney’s clerk and newspaper reporter until his early writings brought him the amazing success that was to be his for the remainder of his life. He was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and he remains popular, responsible for some of English literature’s most iconic characters.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Wendy on 2008-02-25 17:21:35

This is not an easy book to listen to, the sound is bad, maybe it was recorded in a bad studio. The reader does not do the work justice. Very disappointing.

Goodreads review by Sean Barrs on December 25, 2023

I read this every year at Christmas, and I always will do. Simply because of the atmosphere it evokes. This story is Christmas as far as I’m concerned. It wouldn’t be the same without it. It is perfectly festive and is also appropriately didactic. It is an allegory for what happens to those that are......more

Goodreads review by Ruby on December 24, 2022

One of my favourite books of all time. It's a beautiful reminder of the spirit of Christmas, what the holiday represents and how we can be more kind and mindful of our actions.......more

Goodreads review by Bill on December 23, 2023

It has been a decade since I last read this classic, so I decided to look at it again, taking note of what I have forgotten or imperfectly remembered and also garnering any new insights my older (and I hope wiser) self could now find within it. But first, I decided to do a little research, and discov......more

Goodreads review by Federico on February 09, 2023

Bah! Humbug! Ebenezer Scrooge is a bitter old man, working day after day in his office, mistreating everyone around him, caring only about making riches and little else. Christmas Eve is no exception, as he dismisses it as utter humbug. But that might change when a fatidic night, he is visited by......more

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy on August 17, 2024

How many of you know an Ebenezer Scrooge? How many of you are Ebenezer Scrooge? Written in 1843, A Christmas Carol is a novella that has stood the test of time. This year, we didn’t put up a Christmas tree, and I haven’t been feeling the “Christmas spirit.” But this book squarely right sided the situa......more

Quotes

“The quintessential Christmas story…Beautiful, nostalgic, and evocative of the spirit of Christmas.” Amazon.com

“Perhaps the outstanding Christmas myth of modern literature.” Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature

Awards

  • Washington Post Pick
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