![]() Then, the ghost shows him Belle's large, happy family on a Christmas some years earlier, and Scrooge feels ashamed and embarrassed when he hears how Belle talks about how cold-hearted he has become. ![]() So, Scrooge parted ways with her and focused on his business. But Belle broke off their engagement after she realized the object of her future husband's true obsession: money. Scrooge had a sister named Fran who loved him, a mentor who treated him well, and even a fiancée named Belle. The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge on a journey to his own boyhood, reminding him of the unhappy times at boarding school while highlighting the happier moments as well. Marley warns Scrooge that he is headed for the same fate, unless he listens to three ghosts that will show him the error of his ways. Scrooge goes home to his fine, empty house and is awoken in the middle of the night by the ghost of Jacob Marley, weighed down by chains and the weight of his greed and selfishness. The book opens on Christmas Eve, when Scrooge refuses an invitation from his nephew Fred to come to his house for Christmas dinner, turns down a solicitation for donations to see the poorer families of London clothed and fed, and only grudgingly allows Bob to have Christmas Day off from work with pay. It's been seven years since his business partner, Jacob Marley, died, and in the wake of that loss, he employs an underpaid clerk, Bob Cratchit, whom he mistreats. It follows Ebenezer Scrooge, a man who is miserable in his own life and thus sets out to make the lives of those around him similarly unhappy. What is A Christmas Carol about?Ī Christmas Carol was originally published serially in 1843, told in five parts, called staves. Warning: The following article contains spoilers for A Christmas Carol and one of its many film adaptations, Scrooged. If so, read on for a comparison of the two works. ![]() If you're unfamiliar with the original text of A Christmas Carol, then you might be interested to see how it stacks up to well-known contemporary twists, such as the movie Scrooged, starring Bill Murray. ![]() From screen, stage, and cartoon adaptations to spoofs and retellings to everyday slang (particularly, "Bah humbug"), the influence of this holiday tale cannot be understated. Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol has endured as a beloved story of redemption for nearly 200 years and permeated our popular culture in innumerable ways. ![]()
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