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A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of ChristmasCharles Dickens

A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

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Original author: Charles Dickens

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"A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas" by Charles Dickens is a novella published in 1843. It tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy miser who despises Christmas. Through supernatural visits from four ghosts—Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Future—Scrooge undergoes a profound transformation. This beloved tale has become one of Dickens's most famous works, adapted countless times across virtually every medium and performance genre since its publication.

A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, by Charles Dickens. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #46.

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6 Chapters

  1. 1.Preface88 words
  2. 2.Stave I: Marley's Ghost6,241 words
  3. 3.Stave II: The First of the Three Spirits5,999 words
  1. 4.Stave III: The Second of the Three Spirits8,052 words
  2. 5.Stave IV: The Last of the Spirits5,183 words
  3. 6.Stave V: The End of It2,222 words