230. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Publication: originally published 1843, ebook published 2006
Genre: Fiction
Rating: Buy it
Read: December 2-3, 2010
Source: Project Gutenberg
Summary from Amazon:
The story of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, and the ghosts who show him the true spirit of Christmas.
Review
I have a bad history with Charles Dickens. I was forced to read at least one of his books in school– Great Expectations– and it had left a great stain of anti-Dickens sentiment upon my soul. I hate Dickens! I hate his dour stories, his depressing characters, and the whole dank coating of gloom that hovers over his books. I don’t even watch the TV show versions, and I can only enjoy Oliver Twist if it’s in the musical format. So it was with some surprise that last month I found myself somewhat willing to give Dickens another shot. I didn’t want to start off ambitiously– I wasn’t about to read Nicholas Nickleby or, heaven forbid, A Tale of Two Cities, not when I still felt MOSTLY anti-Dickens– but I thought I might make it through a shorter Dickens work. And as it’s coming up on Christmas: I chose A Christmas Carol. Continue reading »
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