The “palpable brown air” and beggars on the narrow, grimy streets that Dickens describes in the book’s opening pages ... A Christmas Carol was a smashing success, selling out its first ...

At first, miserable, greedy old Scrooge can’t tolerate the revelry of Christmas, much less comprehend its meaning. But visits from his former business partner’s ghost and three cautionary ...

It happened the first week of December in 1990 ... for language into readings across Canada of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". She began with one reading in 1990, but since then has helped ...

For the first part of the question you should examine ... There's the corner where the Ghost of Christmas Present, sat! (7) There's the window where I saw the wandering Spirits!

Simile When Dickens first presents Scrooge he describes him ... and 'Humbug!' in response to Christmas wishes. The simple words are memorable and show that Scrooge is dismissive about Christmas.