A Christmas Carol in Prose
- Reading level
- Easy
- Price
- Free
About the book
"A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas" by Charles Dickens is a novella published in 1843. It tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy miser who despises Christmas. Through supernatural visits from four ghosts—Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Future—Scrooge undergoes a profound transformation. This beloved tale has become one of Dickens's most famous works, adapted countless times across virtually every medium and performance genre since its publication.
- Christmas stories
- London (England)
- Poor families
- Ghost stories
- Misers
- Sick children
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #46. A Christmas Carol in Prose on Wikipedia.
