"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens (1843)

A Christmas Carol was a huge hit in both England and the United States when it was published shortly before Christmas in 1843.

This famous novella was instrumental in reinvigorating popular enthusiasm for the Christmas season among the general public on both sides of the Atlantic, and it established the name Scrooge, and what it stands for, solidly in the English language.

Its utter charm is as effective today as when the book first appeared.

We have reproduced here the splendid original illustrations by John Leech.

(29,000 words)

An e-book of the story is available for downloading below.

A Christmas Carol (e-book)