A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
It was Christmas time, so it was time to re-read "A Christmas Carol". Why is it worth re-reading? Here are three reasons...
One of the greatest opening sentences ever: "Marley was dead: to begin with."
So many memorable (and funny) passages:
“Why do you doubt your senses?” “Because,” said Scrooge, “a little thing affects them. A slight disorder of the stomach makes them cheats. You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
And, sadly, still relevant in places:
“They are Man’s,” said the Spirit, looking down upon them. “And they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy...
Worth reading every Christmas. God bless us, every one!
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