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A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

Charles Dickens · 1843

Charles Dickens's 1843 novella, called a ghost story of Christmas, follows the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who despises Christmas, beginning on Christmas Eve in his cold counting-house after the death of his partner Marley, when his nephew's cheerful visit is rebuffed with a "Bah! Humbug!

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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