Apparently the Ghost of Christmas Present is late.
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Sounds like a feast!
"Have you had many brothers, Spirit?”
“More than eighteen hundred,” said the Ghost.
“A tremendous family to provide for!” muttered Scrooge.
They're ghosts, Scrooge. I don't think they have to eat, drink, or work to survive…. However, that is an extremely large family!
Just read 6 pages of Dickens telling me what the citizens are doing….
(Reading this on my Kindle app.)
“There are some upon this earth of yours,” returned the Spirit, “who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us.”
What a powerful quote!
So the Ghost of Christmas Present can adjust his height at will; kinda interesting.
I enjoy the Cratchit family!
I've never had goose before, and am wondering what it tastes like.
Poor, sweet Tiny Tim. 😥
It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour.
I'm gonna put this in my fav quotes section!
Scrooge’s niece’s sisters
So, his nieces, plural.
Fred's (Scrooge's nephew) love for his uncle is actually heartwarming!
I've only seen the movies based off of this book, and Ignorance and Want always make me uncomfortable; the book is not much different.
A Christmas Carol Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is so obviously Death…. Everyone that's seen the movies knows this.
You haven't the room to judge, Joe… you stole from the dead too!
I love how the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come just points in whichever direction it wants Scrooge to go or look!
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Fred is so caring!
Ah, the grave scene!
A Christmas Carol Stave Five: The End of It
I never thought about it until now, but it must be somewhat frightening to those that knew Scrooge before he changed his ways seeing him in such a jovial mood.
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!
I managed to finish on Christmas Day. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
(Here's a list of books on my Kindle: Dracula by Bram Stocker, Oz: The Complete Collection by L. Frank Baum, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Singularity by Kathryn Casey, Soulkeepers by G. P. Ching, The Sight by David Clement-Davies)
Dracula Chapter 1
(DISCLAIMER: I did read a pretty good portion of Dracula before, but don't recall where I got to.)
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(Yesss, I'm glad you chose Dracula! 'tis one of my favorite books. Can't wait to see what you think about it! :D)
(I'll start Dracula later on tonight.)
(I'm actually going to start tomorrow…. Sorry for the wait.)
Jonathan Harker starts his journey in Germany…. I'd love to visit that country since my ancestors are from Germany.