Scrooge (73)

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Scrooge with Marley's Ghost, John Leech illus., 1843, for Charles Dickens's Christmas Books.

The following books will introduce you to Ebenezer Scrooge, who said these words in Dickens's A Christmas Carol. To order a book, or for more information, follow the title links to Amazon.com, or return home to browse other characters. For related books, see David Copperfield.

• Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol, in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (John Leech, Illus.). Penguin USA, 1990.
  • Leech's illustrations, several in color, are the highlight of this beautifully produced little paperback edition.
    
• Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. Bantam Classics, 1986.
  • This paperback includes an appended essay recreating Dickens' first public performance of his tale, as well as a biographical sketch.
    
• Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol (Arthur Rackham, Illus.). Everyman's Library, 1994.
  
• A Christmas Carol (Ultimate Collector's Edition) (B/W & Color) (1951) [DVD]. Starring Alastair Sim. VCI Entertainment, 2007.
  • Alastair Sim remains the definitive Scrooge, simply perfect in all stages of the character's transforming journey toward full humanity.
• Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol (Audio Cassette). Simon & Schuster, 1994.
  • Read by Patrick Stewart (Capt. Picard of Star Trek: The Next Generation), who has played Scrooge on stage as an annual event for a number of years.
• A Christmas Carol (1999) [DVD]. Starring Patrick Stewart. Turner Home Entertainment, 2000.
  • Stewart's crusty performance of Scrooge captured on film.
• Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962) [DVD]. Starring Jim Backus. Classic Media, 2007.
  • This animated musical, with touching songs by Broadway veterans Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, is surprisingly effective, largely because of the superb voice characterization by Jim Backus.
• Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol: With 45 Lost Gustave Doré Engravings (1861) and 130 Other Victorian Illustrations. MCE Publishing, 1996.
  
• Chesterton, G. K. Criticisms & Appreciations of the Works of Charles Dickens. Everyman's Library, 1992.
  • Chesterton argues that Dickens is one of the few writers able to portray happiness successfully in his fiction. Interestingly, he shows that the story of Scrooge's Christmas eve transformation maximizes all the necessary ingredients.

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