Type of bind: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780141805245
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN number: 0141805242
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Quantity: 3
Page Count: 3
Printing Date: November 25, 2004
Publishing house: Penguin Classics
Sale Popularity Level: 226390
Studio: Penguin Classics
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Ebenezer Scrooge, whose name is now synonymous with greed and parsimony, believes Christmas to be 'humbug'. Refusing to donate any of his fortune to the poor, he comforts himself by saying, 'I don't make merry myself at Christmas, and I can't afford to make idle people merry.' But then the ghost of his old partner, Jacob Marley, returns from the grave to haunt him. Dragging a long and heavy chain, representing his mant sins, Marley sends down the three spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future to warn scrooge against a similar fate...
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This review refers to the Unabridged Audio Edition - CD - (Penguin Classics) of Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol", read by Geoffrey Palmer.
Gather the family around, and let Geoffrey Palmer, take you on a wonderful journey through time with his marvelous reading of "A Christmas Carol".
You know the story..... Ebenzer Scrooge is a bitter old man who "Will keep Christmas in my own way", which is not al all. People cringe when they see him coming. Dogs cower. But that is all about to change. He is visited by the ghost of his deceased partner, Jacob Marley, dragging the chains he has forged for himself in life, and learns that it is not too late for him. He can redeem himself!
Scrooge is visited by three more spirits that Christmas eve. His past, his present and his future. Each take him on a fantastic journey,through time and space, showing him how
his ways are wrong, and what will happen if he doesn't change.
Geoffrey Palmer("As Time Goes By") is a delight to listen to, as he transforms Scrooge from a bitter man to a caring human being. He is perfect at the subtle changes as Scrooge becomes humbled by the spirits, and then quite humorously becomes giddy with his new found appreciation of mankind. In the end we know that he changes not just so he can have a better after life, but because he really cares about life and humanity.
Palmer captures the mood and depth of Scrooge, the era, and all the characters, giving just the right inflections and tones to bring them to life.
Listen to it in your car, or put it on the stereo Christmas Eve(or anytime) for some family fun.
Also available on cassette....Penguin Classics: A Christmas Carol.
Highly recommended for your Holiday entertainment...enjoy...Laurie
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