Christmas Carol, A

by Charles Dickens


The best-known and best-loved of Dickens' tales, "A Christmas Carol", first published in 1843, is the story of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who hated the humbug of Christmas...until one Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on journeys through the past, present and future. As Scrooge enters the lives of the lovable Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and the Fezziwigs, he comes to know the meaning of kindness, charity, and goodwill. A story of yuletide joy, "A Christmas Carol" is Dickens' hymn to the spirit of Christmas, a spirit to be cherished, as Scrooge himself realizes, throughout all the year.