One of my favourite books of all time is A Christmas Carol. I read it every Christmas Eve (it’s only 70 pages, or so, long), and is the only Dickens book I found myself enjoying from beginning to end. Although, Bleak House has caught my attention as of late. And, oh, there’s Tale of Two Cities.
Whatever the case, I recommend a series currently running in the Edmonton Journal. It was suggested to me by A, and I’ve enjoyed the first couple of installments.
- Marley confronts Scrooge: a plate from the first edition of “A Christmas Carol”
The line that gets me every time is when Dickens writes about the Ghost of Christmas Past. He steps outside the narration, telling us how Scrooge “…found himself face to face with the unearthly visitor who drew [the curtains]: as close to it as I am now to you, and I am standing in the spirit at your elbow.”
