A Christmas Carol - by Charles Dickens

The novel tells the story of the redemption of crusty, greedy old Ebenezer Scrooge, after being visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve.

The ghost of Jacob Marley (Scrooge's business partner, who had died seven years before) appears to Scrooge and warns him that his soul will be bearing heavy chains for eternity if he does not change his greedy ways, and also predicts that a series of other ghosts will follow.

Three Christmas ghosts visit Scrooge during the course of the night: the Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to the scenes of his boyhood and youth which reminded him that he was once a tender child; the Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to the home of his nephew Fred to observe his game of Yes and No and to the humble dwelling of his clerk Bob Cratchit to observe his Christmas dinner; and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come torments Scrooge with dire visions of the future if he does not learn and act upon what he has witnessed. Continua la lettura...