| A Christmas Carol Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798573430430 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 5" W x 7.99" (0.22 lbs) 92 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Book Excerpt: ...as that, instead of using his familiar weapons, then indeed he would have roared to lusty purpose. The owner of one scant young nose, gnawed and mumbled by the hungry cold as bones are gnawed by dogs, stooped down at Scrooge's keyhole to regale him with a Christmas carol: but at the first sound of God bless you, merry gentlemen May nothing you dismay 'Scrooge seized the ruler with such energy of action, that the singer fled in terror, leaving the keyhole to the fog and even more congenial frost.At length the hour of shutting up the counting- house arrived. With an ill-will Scrooge dismounted from his stool, and tacitly admitted the fact to the expectant clerk in the Tank, who instantly snuffed his candle out, and put on his hat. You'll want all day to-morrow, I suppose?' said Scrooge. If quite convenient, sir.' It's not convenient, ' said Scrooge, and it's not fair. If I was to stop you half-a-crown for it, you'd think yourself ill-used, I'll be bound?'... |