illustration of Ebenezer Scrooge in silhouette walking toward a Christmas tree and followed by the three ghosts

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

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A Christmas Carol

The main conflict in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is Ebenezer Scrooge's internal struggle between selfishness and empathy. Initially, Scrooge is a miserly figure, disconnected from others and...

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A Christmas Carol

The three spirits appear to Ebenezer Scrooge on three successive nights at the appointed hour, as predicted by the ghost of Scrooge's former partner, Jacob Marley. However, Scrooge awakes in his own...

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