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A review by jensaperstein
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
5.0
I love this book like no other.
I just read it for the first time, and as I read through it I pictured in my head me and my future family softly turning the pages in a well-loved, often-read edition. There were so many beautiful phrases, beautiful words that only Dickens could string together so honestly and meaningfully.
The story is simple and it's a story that everybody knows. But to think of Dickens' creativity to write this before anything like it had been done before? To imagine the kindly trembling hand of the last Ghost, or the blinding light, or the face on the door-knocker? It's wildly imaginative. Decades later it still works.
I think it's beautiful that this book lasts throughout the ages..... and I know that as long as there is a human society that continues to appreciate literature, this small book will be cherished.... its romantic values, its simple redemption... it's absolute beauty.
I just read it for the first time, and as I read through it I pictured in my head me and my future family softly turning the pages in a well-loved, often-read edition. There were so many beautiful phrases, beautiful words that only Dickens could string together so honestly and meaningfully.
The story is simple and it's a story that everybody knows. But to think of Dickens' creativity to write this before anything like it had been done before? To imagine the kindly trembling hand of the last Ghost, or the blinding light, or the face on the door-knocker? It's wildly imaginative. Decades later it still works.
I think it's beautiful that this book lasts throughout the ages..... and I know that as long as there is a human society that continues to appreciate literature, this small book will be cherished.... its romantic values, its simple redemption... it's absolute beauty.