A Christmas Carol - Part 1: Marley's ghost

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Nearly two centuries ago, Charles Dickens wrote a tale of greed and redemption. It starts with a miserly old man, his long-dead business partner, and the sound of rattling chains… When Ebenezer Scrooge is forced to reckon with his past, he’s in for a frightful night of ghostly vi ...  Show more

Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol'  Chapter 2 Part 1 | read aloud audio book  Beginning of Chapter 2 of our December book, the classic Christmas tale - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens First published in 1843. In this chapter Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past ...  Show more

Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol'   Chapter 2 'The First of the Three Spirits' Part 2 | read aloud audio book| read aloud audio book The second part of Chapter 2 the classic Christmas tale - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens First published in 1843. In this chapter Scrooge i ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Charles Dickens' novella, written in 1843 when he was 31, which has become intertwined with his reputation and with Christmas itself. Ebenezer Scrooge is the miserly everyman figure whose joyless obsession with money severs him from society and his ...  Show more