A Christmas Carol (Bantam Classics)

⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Timeless Classic, but Not Quite a Favorite Reading A Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve felt like the perfect way to experience this story, and in many ways, it delivered exactly what I expected. The themes of redemption, generosity, and second chances are timeless, and Dickens’ writing truly captures both the magic and eeriness of the ghosts. The atmosphere is so rich—you can feel the chill in the air, the warmth of the Cratchit family, and the weight of Scrooge’s past mistakes. That said, while I appreciated the story, I didn’t love it as much as I had hoped. Some of the prose felt a bit dense, and since the plot is so well-known through countless adaptations, there weren’t many surprises. I found myself admiring the message more than being completely swept up in the narrative. Still, A Christmas Carol has undeniably stood the test of time, and I understand why it remains a holiday tradition for so many. It’s a story worth reading at least once, even if it didn’t fully become a favorite for me.

"...No space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunities misused!" The ultimate never-too-late-to-change tale, where a cold-hearted man's heart is unfrozen after being visited overnight by three spirits who show him that life is never as bleak as it seems and that unchanged ways have consequences. My favourite part is Christmas morning when he opens the window and talks to a young boy about the Christmas goose that’s as big as the boy is. His joy and giddiness get me every time. The best film adaptation of this is the 1951 film starring Alistair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge .

One of my favourite books of all time🫶🏻

I read this every year at Christmas and absolutely love it!

I think the movie entitled The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) is my favorite Christmas movie, but I had not read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens which was originally published in December 1843 (Slater xi). According to the scholar of Charles Dickens, Micheal Slater, Charles Dickens did not invent the traditions or morality of Christmas in England in the mid-19th Century, but A Christmas Carol was written in such a way that heavily influenced how the English people viewed Christmas after 1843 (Slater xiii). The Goodreads reviewer named Warren Nelson is correct that the novella is spookier than the Muppets movie version whose screenplay was written by Jerry Juhl. The Muppet Christmas Carol was directed by Brian Henson. The Muppet Christmas Carol was written for younger children, so I think the filmmakers made the correct decision. I believe that Micheal Caine is an excellent Ebenezer Scrooge. After I read the novella, I still believe that Micheal Craine is an excellent version of Scrooge. A movie version of A Christmas Carol that I have seen that keeps some of the spookier elements of the novel is the animated version starring Jim Carrey, which is titled Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009). The movie was written and directed by Robert Zemeckis. Reading Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol was an interesting experience after knowing the story without actually reading the novel for many years. Dickens’s A Christmas Carol was quite readable. Works Cited: Dickens, Charles. 2003. “A Christmas Carol.” In A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings. Edited by Micheal Slater, 27-118. New York: Penguin Books. Slater, Michael. 2003. “Introduction.” In A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens, xi-xxxi. New York: Penguin Books.