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A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

Paper book: €16.99

Digital: €4.99

Original publication
1843
Monolingual
22 October 2026
Pages
214
Difficulty
Medium
Genres
Fantasy, Horror
Moods
Be moved to tears, Feel comforted, Travel back in time, Be enchanted
Translated from
English

Book summary

On Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge, an old miser who hates the festive season, is visited by the ghost of his former partner, chained for all eternity. Then three spirits come for him, one after another, to show him his past, his present and his future.

Dickens turns a ghost story into a warm fable about generosity and the possibility of change. This tale did a great deal to shape the spirit of Christmas as we still celebrate it today.

Full of life and humour, this short tale is easy to read in the language you are learning, and ideal for a winter's evening.

The plot

Een man die nee zegt, zelfs met Kerst. In Londen, op kerstavond, werkt Ebenezer Scrooge, een rijke zakenman, in zijn ijskoude kantoor. Zijn neef nodigt hem uit voor het kerstdiner: hij weigert. Twee heren vragen hem om…

The world of the book

Londen in 1843, tussen feest en armoede. Londen is dan de grootste stad ter wereld. Veel mensen leven in armoede, en kinderen werken. Met Kerstmis versiert men de huizen met hulst, en gezinnen die het kunnen eten een…

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