A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843.

The story follows Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Through these supernatural encounters, Scrooge is transformed from a cold-hearted miser into a generous and caring person.

One of the most beloved and frequently adapted stories in English literature, A Christmas Carol has never been out of print and has been translated into numerous languages.