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Ive never read CC but i am very fond of the muppet version and this was an excellent review. I was forced to “read” tale of two cities in school and i neither read it nor enjoyed pretending to have read it. So this gave me a bit of insight into dickens i wouldnt have had otherwise! Thanks for writing this!

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I think the secret to getting the most out of Dickens is listening to an audiobook version. Especially if the narrator has a British accent. If that fails, watch an adaptation; the mini series for Bleak House is really good and made the book better in hindsight.

Glad you got something from my review!

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I also just listened to an audio version of A Christmas Carol. The fact that Dickens took what should have been a cheesy story and made it a classic is amazing.

Looking forward to reading the Muppet review!

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Thanks for reading! I’m watching the Muppet movie tonight!

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Yes! I read both "A Christmas Carol" and "Great Expectations" in high school, but they didn't carry the same impact for me. Not that I disliked them, but I didn't appreciate them fully. Now, rereading them, I've been crying every other time I pick up one of those two books!

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The older I get, the more I gravitate towards the classics. I think I might go back and reread some of the ones I didn’t fully understand or gave up on because the writing confused me.

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Love A Christmas Carol. Funny enough, the best rendition of it I have seen is actually A Muppet's Christmas Carol haha

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I’m watching that tonight (for the first time). I might do a review for it too!

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You should!

I know it's Muppets, but Michael Caine embodies Ebenezer Scrooge in my opinion. Hope you enjoy!

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You should look up Mickey’s Christmas Carol. It was my first experience with the story in my childhood, it’s even shorter than the Muppet one, but it’s every bit as heartwarming, and we would never have gotten Duck Tales without it, I think.

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I’ll check it out! Thanks for reading!

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I generally haven't enjoyed Dickens, but Christmas Carol just feels different from his other works. Maybe because he wrote it as a novella instead of a serial (which would also help with trimming his rambling sentences - he wasn't just flying by the seat of his pants and filling up space to get to the end of each installment). It's a great timeless story, and I enjoyed revisiting it through your post. Merry early Christmas!

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I would like to try more of his books, but it’ll be hard to top this one. Glad you enjoyed my review, and Merry early Christmas to you too!

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I read this last Christmas. Loved it. This is the only Dickins book I've read so far. Apparently the reason why he used a paragraph to explain things rather than a sentence was because he got paid by the word. More words more pay.

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Ahh. That explains it. I’m surprised he didn’t make CC a bit longer then.

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Well I feel like crying and eating filberts, and I haven't even read the book yet. I do believe, in many ways, the 21st century has clobbered the buhjeebers out of much of what used to be full and rich and glorious. Go, Chuck!

Great review.

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Yep. Most modern stuff just doesn’t hit the same. Thanks for reading!

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Wait. I don't even like filberts.

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