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    A Christmas Carol
    A Christmas Carol
    A Christmas Carol
    Audiobook3 hours

    A Christmas Carol

    Written by Charles Dickens

    Narrated by Anton Lesser

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    A Christmas Carol is the best-known and best-loved of Dickens’ ‘Christmas Books’, and the story of the miser Scrooge’s redemption has become as much part of the Christmas tradition as plum pudding and carols themselves. Will Tiny Tim live to see another Christmas? Can Scrooge recover his humanity and learn to love the fellow men he seems to despise? Dickens will make you laugh and make you cry as you follow Scrooge’s supernatural adventures on Christmas Eve…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateOct 1, 2006
    ISBN9789629545000
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    Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens was born February 7, 1812 in Landport, Portsmouth, the second of eight children to John and Elizabeth Dickens. Dickens' father had great difficulty managing his affairs and was often under the burden of crushing debt, which culminated in his imprisonment in Marshalsea debtor's prison in 1824. As a result, Dickens was forced to leave school and begin work at a boot-blacking factory to assist in getting the family out of debt, an experience that would allow Dickens to sympathize with the plight of the poor and destitute that would last his entire life. Dickens took to writing immediately and, in 1833, he published his first story: A Dinner at Popular Walk in Monthly Magazine. The following year, he began writing under the pseudonym Boz and released a collection of short stories entitled Sketches by Boz in 1836. That same year he married Catherine Hogarth, daughter of the editor of the Evening Chronicle. They had 10 children before they separated in 1858. From 1836 to 1837, Dickens serialized what would become the novel The Pickwick Papers, which was an immediate sensation and became one of his most popular works, released in book form in 1837. Encouraged by this success, Dickens began writing at a furious and astonishing rate, producing (in serial form) some of his most favorite novels: Oliver Twist (1837-39), Nicholas Nickleby (1838-39), as well as The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge (1840-41). After that, Dickens barely paused for the rest of his career. He would regularly release a book ever year or so for the next two decades, including American Notes, his five Christmas Books (including, of course, A Christmas Carol), David Copperfield, Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations. Charles Dickens suffered a stroke on June 9, 1870 at died at Gad's Hill. Buried in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey.

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    • 3/5
      It was an entertaining rendition of the book. I enjoyed it immensely for majority of the book

      The lower stars is because the narrator's voice became so grating when speaking as characters in the future scenes. Had to skip forward through the section!
    • 5/5
      A fantastic reading. The narrator did a great job bringing all of the characters to life and expressing their emotions. And I loved the music as well!
    • 4/5
      Besides the rambling on about a doornail, it greatly written. A christmas tradition.
    • 5/5
      Lovely narrator! Wonderful story! I really enjoyed listening to this with my daughter!
    • 5/5
      Excellent book with excellent narration. The music and voices really enhanced the experience.
    • 5/5
      This classic is always a good read, and listening to it while I decorate holiday cookies was even more heart warming.
    • 5/5
      A lovely reading with a little music too. Great stuff
    • 5/5
      A touching story told so many times on the screen, but to do it justice you need to read or as I have, listen to the book.
    • 5/5
      It’s so delightful and feel good book
      Definitely good Christmas present
    • 5/5
      This is a timeless classic that we could all read and take heed of. It is not only a story for Scrooge!
    • 5/5
      Absolutely one of the best story of my child and adult age :p
    • 5/5
      This audiobook was simply incredible! The narrator really brought the work to life! I cannot recommend this enough!!!
    • 5/5
      So wonderful of course. So well written and so well read.
    • 5/5
      Loved this so much. Wonderful reading! And a most excellent message
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this book. I’m not sure why I waited so long to read it. It puts me in the Christmas spirit. This book just puts you in the Christmas spirit. I definitely recommend it!
    • 5/5
      Dickens never fails to please, I prefer listening to the original above any interpretations. Anton Lesser's narration is charming and convincing, and made the story all the more atmospheric.