A Christmas Carol | A Christmas Carol

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Author: Charles Dickens
First Published: 1843
Type of Work: Short fiction
Type of Plot: Moral
Time of Work: Nineteenth century
Setting: London, England
Principal Characters: Ebenezer Scrooge, Jacob Marley’s Ghost, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, Scrooge’s Nephew
Genres: Long fiction, Ghost story, Satire
Subjects: Values, Memory, Supernatural, Nineteenth century, Ghosts or apparitions, Dreams, Poverty or poor people, Spiritual life or spirituality, England or English people, Fear, Christianity, Death or dying, Lower classes, Greed, London, Holidays, Money, Disabilities or physically challenged persons, Visions, epiphanies, or revelations, Victorian era or Victorianism, Christmas
Locales: London, England

Ebenezer Scrooge was a miser. Owner of a successful countinghouse, he would have in his bleak office only the smallest fire in the most bitter weather. For his clerk, Bob Cratchit, he allowed an even smaller fire. The weather seldom mattered to Scrooge, who was always cold within, never warm—even on Christmas Eve. As the time approached for closing the office on Christmas Eve, Scrooge’s nephew stopped in to wish him a merry Christmas. Scrooge only sneered, for he abhorred sentiment and thought only of one thing—money. To him, Christmas was a time when people...

A Christmas Carol | A Christmas Carol

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