Questions tagged [a-christmas-carol]
Questions about the novella 'A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas' by Charles Dickens, first published in 1843. Use this tag with the [charles-dickens] tag.
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Why does the clerk go down the slide twenty times in "A Christmas Carol"?
In "A Christmas Carol", when the clerk gets off work, he leaves, goes down a slide twenty times, and then runs home:
The clerk promised that he would, and Scrooge walked out with a growl. ...
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Why does Marley in A Christmas Carol claim that Scrooge will be visited across three nights?
In Dickens' famous tale A Christmas Carol, the ghost of Jacob Marley clearly states to Scrooge that he is to be visited on three consecutive nights:
“Expect the first to-morrow, when the bell tolls ...
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What is meant by "without resorting to the sexton's spade that buried Jacob Marley" in A Christmas Carol?
Near the end of Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol, the Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge a Christmas party hosted by Scrooge's nephew Fred. Fred's wife plays a song that was familiar with Scrooge's ...
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What is meant by "I am standing in the spirit at your elbow" in A Christmas Carol?
Near the beginning of Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol, the Ghost of Christmas Past draws aside Scrooge's bed curtains:
The curtains of his bed were drawn aside, I tell you, by a hand. Not the curtains ...
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"Three days after sight of this First of Exchange" in Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"
In the beginning of Stave 2, after Marley's ghost has disappeared, Scrooge wakes up believing he has overslept and that the time at which the first ghost was to appear has passed. To confirm this, he ...
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What happened to Marley in A Christmas Carol?
Whatever happened to Scrooge’s partner after he gave his warning about the three ghosts? I know it’s way before Christmas, but I just have to know! It just seems strange to me that he’s never ...
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Why did Dickens write A Christmas Carol
I am currently revising for my main exams and I'm not too sure on why Dickens wrote the novella. I know he wanted the poverty of children and families to change but how could I write this for a exam?
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