description: Ebenezer Scrooge, whose name is now synonymous with greed and parsimony, believes Christmas to be 'humbug'. Refusing to donate any of his fortune to the poor, he comforts himself by saying, 'I don't make merry myself at Christmas, and I can't afford to make idle people merry.' But then the ghost of his old partner, Jacob Marley, returns from the grave to haunt him. Dragging a long and heavy chain, representing his mant sins, Marley sends down the three spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future to warn scrooge against a similar fate...
language: English
title: A Christmas Carol
titlecomplete: A Christmas Carol (Audio CD)
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: 792564
places: England, United Kingdom, London, England
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic
publisher: Gardners Books