title: A Christmas Carol: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
author: Charles Dickens
description: Purists may object to this careful abridgement of the holiday classic, aimed at young readers who may not have someone around to read the original out loud. Mayer has retained much of the language of Dickens's work, making sensitive cuts in the text and adding lavish paintings of 19th century England. The charactersmice, rabbits, a reptilian Ghost of Christmas Yet to Comewill draw the youngest pre-Dickensian into the story. The gloomy mood of Scrooge's Christmas Eve gives way to warm, welcoming tints the morning after he is visited by the three Spirits and has learned his lesson. It's a charming alternative to most of the TV adaptations that appear throughout December. (All ages<br />Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  The Ghost of Christmas Past is a Dickensian murder mystery, featuring a cast
  of Dickensian characters, and set in Victorian Midchester during a Dickensian
  Christmas. When a man is murdered in bizarre circumstances, the villagers are
  enthralled. Even vicar's daughter, Elizabeth Dearheart is fascinated, though
  whether with the details of the murder or the sudden appearance of the
  handsome Liam Doubleday she does not even want to a