Christmas Carol, A by Charles Dickens (Marbie Studios) Audiobook (Free)

First published in 1843, “A Christmas Carol” is arguably Dickens’s most well-known and accessible work. An instantaneous success since its unique publication, it is the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, a cold, bitter, previous miser who despises Christmas and everything about any of it. When the ghost of Scrooge’s former business partner, Jacob Marley, visits him on Xmas Eve specifically seven years after his death, Scrooge is challenged to rethink his methods before it really is too late. Over the course of the night he is seen by three more spirits Ghosts of Christmases History, Present, yet to Come. These appointments help Scrooge to start to see the mistake in his methods transforming him by the end of the story into a kinder and gentler spirit. Motivated by his encounters as a child, Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” shows the plight of the low course in 19th century England through an enduring and ultimately heart-warming tale.