A Christmas Carol A Ghost Story of Christmas Author: Charles Dickens
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
IN PROSE
BEING
A Ghost Story of Christmas
BY
CHARLES DICKENS
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN LEECH
PREFACE
I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.
Their faithful Friend and Servant,
C. D.
December, 1843.
CONTENTS
STAVE I
MARLEY’S GHOST
STAVE II
THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS
STAVE III
THE SECOND OF THE THREE SPIRITS
STAVE IV
THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS
STAVE V
THE END OF IT
ILLUSTRATIONS
Artist.
Marley’s Ghost
J. Leech
Ghosts of Departed Usurers
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Mr. Fezziwig’s Ball
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Scrooge Extinguishes the First
of the Three Spirits
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Scrooge’s Third Visitor
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Ignorance and Want
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The Last of the Spirits
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Scrooge and Bob Cratchit
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