Vintage Tales discussion

Multiple people have mentioned their planned reading of A Christmas Carol this December. If you want to take part, please feel free. It is the shortest of the Dickens novels, and I personally can't wait to get started with it!

This is the discussion thread for it. I personally only know the story through the Muppets Christmas Carol version (which I watch every Christmas), and it will be only my second Dickens...

For people who don't have a copy, you can read it online/download it for your e-reader here. It is also on the Kindle Store for free.

I've read it several times, but being a really "christmassy" read, I may joyin in!!!

And it's only short, Laura!

If anyone has a Kindle, it is free on their store!

It free of charge for all ereader at gutenberg project!

I love A Christmas Carol! Count me in for the readalong :)

I'll get it on feedbooks on my tablet later so I'd like to read it too. I just hope I'll have time next month cuz the 14th is my city of bones readalong at the other book club through the 20th. I liked that story though.

I am in!

I am definitely in look at this A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

It's lovely to see so many people wanting to read it! Due to it's popularity, I think I'll put it on the official group read shelf!

Awesome! :-) hey katy and tracey! Waves to them...

Patrick Stewart did a reading of "A Christmas Carol" back in the 90's that was amazing. It really showed off how great an actor he is. If you can find it I would highly recommend listening to it.

Dustin - He played Scrooge too, in a TV adaptation from 1999. Here it is. It's surprisingly good!

yeah, i didn't really care much for the movie besides his role of scrooge. i much prefer his solo reading

That's Great! I'm definitely in for re-reading this classic. It's one of my favorites! I even collect the different versions of the movie A Christmas Carol. Every Christmas, I pull them out and watch every one of them.

"A Christmas Carol" is one of my all time favourite books, for as long as I can remember. I've just started reading "The Old Curiosity Shop" but plan on reading "A Christmas Carol" too (or at the very least watching it on DVD).

My kids love the story as well. I've read parts of the book to them and they love Dickens' imagery and characterisation. I was against watching Jim Carey playing Scrooge, but eventually gave in. I'm glad I did, because I love it, as well as all the other versions. Living in Sydney after having been born and bred in England, it's extra special as it reminds me of a "proper" Christmas.

I'll start this on the 13th. Read anthem today and enjoyed it.

Starting this beauty today :)

Mid-December for me, I think. Though I may start earlier and savour it. It's one of those book which I never want to end, and I give a big sigh when it does :)

Jean wrote: "Mid-December for me, I think. Though I may start earlier and savour it. It's one of those book which I never want to end, and I give a big sigh when it does :)"

Was going to wait until the 17th because 170 years to the day it was first published and there are other stories in my copy so Christmas Carol probably will be started on that date. :)

What a great idea! Thanks Tracey.

I haven't started it yet either, so I'm going to pretend it was deliberate all along and I'll nick Tracey's idea and start it on the 17th! ;)

If I can get done with Pepperoni Pizza can be murder by the 13th, I'll join you guys. If not, I'll read it by Christmas eve.

I'll start on the 13th.

Probably I'll start it also closer to the festivity!!!!

I'll start on the 17th, seeing as it's such a historical date!

Just finished it :) I always forget how heart-warming it is. And how short it is! I want to read it again.

:)

Have just picked this up to start reading it today! Actually hoping I read it pretty quickly, as (and it's rare for me to say this) I actually have too many books on the go at the moment! :)

Started and :D

Starting today. Trying NOT to read it too quickly. Want to savour it :)

I'm still reading on Krampus the Yule Lord by Brom so I'll try to read it after that.

Two days ago I went to a discussion in a book club here in Perugia on this very book.
It came out hwo concise this story is, especially if compared to his other works.
But this is not something to its detriment, on the contrary: the immages are even more striking - we were naming the two "children" coming out the cloack of the ghost of Christmas Present: ignorance and misery
we also underlined the fact that it is a story somehow "ment for the cinema" - of course not really since it was not yet been invented, but in the sense thatb it is really "cinematographic" in its organization.

LauraT
I 'see' Charles Dickens writing as pictures running through my mind. He describes so well he evokes every emotion and feeling there is.
It must have been so easy for film makers to realise his stories as they are already there fully formed and waiting for 'life'.

I agree, they're very very visual. And yet I also love how he frequently gives inanimate objects life, and that would not really come across except in his language, descriptions as words.

Finished and reviewed here

What a wonderful book this is :)

I won't be able to read it as I just started on a read4review book but have seen some film versions of it though. :)