description: Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint who hates everyone, especially children, but at Christmas three ghosts come to visit him, and scare him into mending his ways. He finds, as he celebrates with Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and family, that geniality brings its own reward.
language: English
title: A Christmas Carol
titlecomplete: A Christmas Carol
characters: Ghost of Christmas Past, Fred (A Christmas Carol), Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, Jacob Marley, Ghost of Christmas Present, Ebenezer Scrooge
genres: Fiction, Holiday, School, Literature, Classics, 19th Century, Christmas, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 792522
places: England, United Kingdom, London, England
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic
publisher: BBC Worldwide Publishing