ISBN: 978-1-59688-255-3
First published in London in 1843, A Christmas Carol introduced us to a character whose name would enter common parlance to describe a miser: Scrooge. This is the classic Christmas story of Ebenezer Scrooge's experience with some spirits who pay him a Christmas Eve visit.
Charles Dickens, champion of the poor and working class in Victorian England, tells a cautionary tale about people who are "all work and no play." He takes us with Ebenezer and the spirits of Christmas Present, Past, and Future on a journey to discover why Ebenezer became the way he was and what he was missing because of it. In the end, we rejoice in Scrooge's redemption and newfound joy in the spirit of Christmas because of the humanity and compassion in Dicken's storytelling. A Christmas Carol has found expression in countless performances on stage and screen, as well as retellings in different book formats, and is, hundreds of years since its first telling, a seasonal favorite.