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A Christmas Carol
- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Cranham, Miriam Margolyes, Jenna Coleman, Brendan Coyle, Roger Allam
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Classics
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Publisher's Summary
'If I had my way, every idiot who goes around with Merry Christmas on his lips, would be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. Merry Christmas? Bah humbug!'
Charles Dickens' ghostly tale of sour and stingy miser Ebenezer Scrooge has captivated readers, listeners and audiences for over 150 years. This Christmas, Audible Studios brings this story to life in an audio drama featuring an all-star cast.
Starring: Sir Derek Jacobi as Dickens, Kenneth Cranham as Ebenezer Scrooge, Roger Allam as Jacob Marley, Brendan Coyle as The Ghost Of Christmas Past, Miriam Margolyes as The Ghost Of Christmas Present, Tim Mcinnerny as The Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come, Jamie Glover as Bob Cratchit, Emily Bruni as Mrs. Cratchit, Jenna Coleman as Belle, Joshua James as Young Scrooge And Hugh Skinner as Fred
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- KittyMcMow
- 2020-12-24
A True Delight!
Everything about this book is absolutely breathtaking! From the voice acting, To the little noises that they added on. It truly immerses you into the world. The book, The voice acting, Everything grabs onto your attention and holds on to it throughout the whole book! It's an absolute Delight! If you need something to listen to during the Christmas season I highly suggest this book!!
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- Eh Ray-Eh sugar
- 2019-03-29
Taken by mistake
Taken by mistake... But a good classic ! Dickens being Dickens. Strange to read three month after Christmas thought.
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- Winelover
- 2021-01-03
What a delightful listen!
I love this novella and have read it annually for years now. This drama stayed close to the book (it's about the same listening time as an unabridged read). I thought each of the characters were well performed and memorable. To me, the only con was Cranham as Scrooge. Imo, his performance was under played. It was quite good, but not brilliant. But he had big shoes to fill with Alastair Sim in the 1951 movie. Regardless, I wholly recommend this drama and definitely will listen to this next Christmas and the year after (along with Hugh Grant's narration of the story). It was a really delightful way to spend a few hours!
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- kyndakrazy
- 2020-12-30
An old friend.
Terrific performance of a classic. More people need to read or listen to this book today. It's lesson is more important now than ever.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-12-27
The best Dickens audible book
The perfect dose of Dickens which I listened to in a day. The amazing cast of voice actors made the story come to life.
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- Shirley's awesome reads
- 2020-12-27
Classic
Of course I've read and watched the story many times before. This one still managed to make me shed a tear or two. Just as relevant today as it was when it was written
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- Langer
- 2020-12-25
A very good Adaptation
This presentation of a beloved tale takes a modicum of license. Some of the dialogue does not appear in the original manuscript. The writers, however, have kept faith with the original for the most part - adding dialogue to fill in parts of the original text they thought needed clarification I personslly think they're wrong..it didn't need further exploration..but the result is delightful. A family would thoroughly enjoy this version on a Christmas afternoon while preparing dinner. A full cast of characters present this tale. It basically reads as a very well-executed Screenplay. The performances here are exceptionally good. Sound effects and music are added to provide a slick presentation. The degree of production puts it in danger of being over-produced ..but doesn't quite get there. Rather, it is excellent. The end result of combining decent writing and great performance is an entertaining performance. [The original, I must say, is still quite a bit better - I can recommend the version read by Hugh Grant (also available on Audible)] This dramatisation/interpretation is still easily worth 3.5 stars out of 5.
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- Gail C. Bull
- 2020-12-25
Beautifully Performed Adaptation of Dicken's Tale
This is one of the best adaptations of A Christmas Carol I have ever listened to or watched. No scenes have been cut for time (as often happens with film adaptations) so you get the full emotional experience that Dicken's created with his story. Sir Derek Jacobi's narration is pitch-perfect. It is always in perfect sync with the tone of each scene so it never undercuts the emotional impact of the events. All of the performers are perfectly cast. Usually, with audio plays, I have favorite performances as well as performances that I think could have been done better. But each of these performances are so well done that I don't have a favourite performance nor one that I consider a "weak link". If you only buy one audiobook of Dicken's Christmas classic, make it this one.
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- Jody Smith
- 2020-12-10
Fantastic read, completely captivating!!
I was hooked from the beginning. The story I thought I knew. I loved every min of it, and played it just to keep me awake while driving, and soon found I was doing what I needed to do to quickly get back to the story.
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- Evelyn
- 2020-12-01
An All-Star Cast you can't go wrong with!
From the first word to the last, I sat enthralled. I've ever adored Dicken's A Christmas Carol in all of it's tellings! First reading the book in childhood, it's an annual tradition to read it, watch it and now listen to it for myself and my family. I have never enjoyed an audio version of this story quite as much as this one! There are such memorable characters, cherished friends I carry from year to year and the cast made them all the more endearing to me. Kudos to Audible Studios on such a splendid vision of a timeless classic of love, life and redemption!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2016-12-29
Classic
Classic story, one that hopefully every generation can at least enjoy once in its original form. Timless & still enjoyable
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- Helen
- 2016-12-24
A Christmas classic
Excellent quality production. The well known story was brought to life by these talented narrators. Lovely to listen too.
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- Melissa Rose
- 2020-07-25
A Ghostly Christmas Classic
I mean, how do you review A Christmas Carol? The book is a hugely influential classic. I guess I can only say this: I enjoyed this novel, along with the story's themes about compassion, forgiveness, and greed. What made this edition even better, though, is that this was full-cast production, which truly brought the text to life - it felt like being at a play (minus the visual aspect). I highly recommend this audiobook for a dramatized version of a ghostly Christmas tale.