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A Christmas Carol [Audio Connoisseur Version]
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Narrated by:
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Charlton Griffin
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By:
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Charles Dickens
About this listen
Although the book is only about 100 pages in length, its compact plot structure and wonderful narrative velocity are so perfectly contrived as to make this novella an icon in world literature. Once the story begins, there is no getting off this mad dash around the fog beclouded city of gloomy London.
The story was written in 1843 in the wake of a series of "poor laws" directed at changes in the British welfare system. Dickens tried to alert his readers to the plight of those persons who had been displaced and driven into poverty as a result of the rapid changes taking place during the early years of the Industrial Revolution.
In A Christmas Carol Dickens points out that the wealthy have a greater obligation to the poor than to merely pay their taxes and go on about their lives. But the greatest thing about the story is the powerful spirit of Christmas, and the healing virtue of believing in something outside of one's self.
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- troy bettles
- 25-12-24
A Christmas Carol
Purchased this earlier in the year, so was looking forward to listening to this for a long time.
I’d say it was adequate, a fair representation, but certainly not the best I’ve heard, and I do like Charlton Griffin’s narration normally.
For me, it currently ranks alongside Anton Lessers interpretation, falling short of the best adaptation I’ve heard, which is Tom Bakers narration.
I’ll continue with that until Audible (hopefully) one day will release a Martin Jarvis narration !
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- Baj091
- 12-12-19
A timeless classic from the father of humanity
A lesson from history for the future betterment of all of mankind. God save us.
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- Mrs Julie A Isles
- 27-12-20
terrible narration
terrible narration ruined a wonderful book .I struggled to finish it . I chose another version for next time
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