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A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Start date: December 1, 2024

Finish date: December 31, 2024

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Dec 25, 2018 RJ - Slayer of Trolls rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001-books-read, read-short-story

Meet hard-working small business owner Ebenezer Scrooge. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, is disgruntled about his holiday hours and decides to get even by arranging to have Scrooge's nightly brandy laced with a potent hallucinogenic. As the powerful drug courses through Scrooge's cardiovascular system, he begins to see visions of his dead partner and other frightening apparitions. Up all night, Scrooge finally staggers from his home in the wee hours of the morning and begins to give away his earthly po ...more

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Nov 30, 2022 superawesomekt rated it liked it · review of another edition

I listened to Tim Curry's narration a few years ago and I think I prefer that version, though Patrick Stewart is, of course, delightful. ...more

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Dec 31, 2020 superawesomekt rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorite-books, christmas-literature, audiobook, ehrtbm-challenge

This is one of those classics that is worth reading, even if you have seen all of the adaptations. This was my first time listening to this as an audiobook performance and Tim Curry was fabulous! I still intend to try other readers, but I will definitely come back to this one.

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