The Christmas Carol

"A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Yuletide" is a short story by British writer Charles Dickens, published in 1843. Dickens tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a short-tempered miser who hates Christmas and everything connected with it. But one day, on Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley, who predicts the appearance of three other ghosts - ghosts of the past, present and future, who will melt Scrooge's frozen heart. Unadapted English language edition.