An Alternative Christmas Carol

For those who have grown up with A Christmas Carol and are fully familiar with its traditional charms, Robert Cubitt‘s unique take on the Dickens classic is a delightful change of pace.

Without alternating the original novella’s basic structure, Cubitt retells the tale, but just as the reader is settling into the comfort of familiarity, the author adds an iconoclastic touch of Tabasco that jolts the reader into a new level of totally contemporary enjoyment. My favorite involves Tiny Tim’s crutch, but I’m not going to spoil by saying more. The third ghost is also a comic marvel.

This story is appropriately short, as the original is. It is also worth noting that the first film version of A Christmas Carol, produced by the rather clever Thomas Edison, ran for only ten minutes.

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