A Christmas Carol

       Table of Contents

       Stave I Marley's Ghost

       Stave II The First of the Three Spirits

       Stave III The Second of the Three Spirits

       Stave IV The Last of the Spirits

       Stave V The End of It

      PREFACE

      I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.

      Their faithful Friend and Servant, C. D.

      December, 1843.

      List of Illustrations

       Marley's Ghost

       Ghosts of Departed Usurers

       Mr. Fezziwig’s Ball

       Scrooge Extinguishes the First of the Three Spirits

       Scrooge’s Third Visitor

       Ignorance and Want

       The Last of the Spirits

       Scrooge and Bob Cratchit

STAVE I

      MARLEY'S GHOST

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      Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the