A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

1843

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Merry Christmas, everyone! “Bah!” said Scrooge. “Humbug!” With those famous words unfolds a tale that renews the joy and caring that are Christmas. Whether we read it aloud with our family and friends or open the pages on a chill winter evening to savor the story in solitude, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a very special holiday experience. It is the one book that every year will warm our hearts with favorite memories of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future-and will remind us with laughter and tears that the true Christmas spirit comes from giving with love.
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Easy-read London POV: Third-Person Published by Bethany House Publishers
Characters
Family Ghosts
Sub-genre
Fantasy Fiction Historical Literature
Experience
Easy-read Humourous Immersive
Pace
Gentle Adrenaline
Balanced
Tone
Light Dark
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Book length
Short Epic
Short
More nuance
Violence
Soft Graphic
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Romance
Background Front and centre
Background
Worldbuilding
Light touch Deep & dense
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Readability
Breezy Dense
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Humour
Serious Very funny
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Target audience
Younger Adult
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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Bildungsroman (Coming of Age), Historical Fiction, Mystery, Crime & Detective

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was a Victorian-era English novelist and social critic, famous for vivid characters and stories like A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and A Tale of Two Cities, often serialized in magazines with cliffhangers, exposing poverty and injustice while entertaining readers with humor, drama, and memorable personalities, solidifying his status as one of literature's greatest authors who championed social reform through his writing.

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Mixed feelings: A Christmas Carol

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Really enjoyed: A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol has a strong core idea — the execution mostly works. The pacing stays moving and the chapters end on good beats. Overall, I’d recommend it to the right reader.
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Mixed feelings: A Christmas Carol

⚠️ Spoilers: minor plot detail mentioned below. Mixed feelings on A Christmas Carol, but I can see why people love it. The pacing stays moving and the chapters end on good beats. A couple of sections could have been trimmed without losing anything. There’s a specific turning point late in the book that changes the tone hard — that moment will make or break it for you. I’d still read more from this author even with the flaws.
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Loved it: A Christmas Carol

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Mixed feelings: A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol is the kind of book that hooks you early if you like its vibe. The pacing stays moving and the chapters end on good beats. A couple of sections could have been trimmed without losing anything. Not perfect, but it did enough to keep me turning pages.
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