# A Christmas Carol: The book

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**Created:** [December 11, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-carol-the-book/476642 "2008-12-11T00:16:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-carol-the-book/476642/1 "2008-12-11T00:16:16Z")

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Every year for the past few years, I’ve read the Dickens “A Christmas Carol.” While I’ve watched every film version that is available, I still return to the novel. Obviously, it is much shorter than Dickens’ other works as it was not a serial. While I do love some of the film versions, I think I look forward to reading the novel every year even more than watching the film version.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-carol-the-book/476642/2 "2008-12-11T01:12:22Z")

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I love the novel, too. I’ve been reading it about every year since I was in high school. Now I read **The Annotated Christmas Carol** , with its many little facts.  
I’ve read Dickens’ other Christmas stories. I can’t stand them. A Christmas Carol was easily his most accessible work.