Charles Dickens
Ebenezer Scrooge has little patience for generosity, fellowship, or Christmas cheer. Cold, miserly, and determined to keep the world at a distance, he values profit above compassion and dismisses the suffering of others as none of his concern.On Christmas Eve, however, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former partner, Jacob Marley, and warned that the life he has chosen carries a terrible cost. Before the night is over, three spirits will lead him through visions of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come, forcing him to confront the memories, choices, and consequences that have shaped his soul.At once a ghost story, moral fable, and celebration of human kindness, A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens’s enduring tale of regret, redemption, and the possibility that even the hardest heart can change.