A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens from 1843

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Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843) is the perfect performance text: Scrooge's transformation through three spectral visits is a complete dramatic arc in about 30,000 words, with vivid character voices, clear emotional beats, and a finale of pure joy. The three Spirits each have distinct theatrical presences; Tiny Tim has made generations weep; Fezziwig's party is one of the great scenes of contagious festive energy in English literature. As group reading it is the ideal Christmas Eve text.

Victorian Moving Playful Eerie Solemnen

A Christmas Carol

Words: 28.5k
Duration: ~3 hr 33 min

8 sections

28.5k words

#TitleWords

1

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

80:04

2

PREFACE

570:26

Stave I

3

Stave I: Marley's Ghost

230:10

STAVE I

4

STAVE I: MARLEY'S GHOST

6.4k48:02

STAVE II

5

STAVE II: THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS

6.1k46:00

STAVE III

6

STAVE III: THE SECOND OF THE THREE SPIRITS

8.2k61:30

STAVE IV

7

STAVE IV: THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS

5.3k40:06

STAVE V

8

STAVE V: THE END OF IT

2.3k17:10

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