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A Christmas Carol

By: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: Peter Batchelor
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Summary

Sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge has an emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. A Christmas Carol has never been out of print and has been adapted to film, opera, and other media.

Public Domain (P)2012 Trout Lake Media

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A Christmas Carol

The book was easy to listen to well read would recommend this book to any one who likes this story Gordon Larsen

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Incredible storytelling spoiled with strange noise

A classic story that I love, nothing can fault it. The narrator's voice is a low bass, so it's sometimes difficult to hear exactly what he's saying, especially if there's ambient noise in the room. But what irks me is the mobile phone "dit diddit dit diddit ditting" on the recording on several occasions. It jerks you out of the suspension of disbelief you need to get fully absorbed in fantasy, and makes you wonder if you're being visited by the Spirit of Nokia 3310s past. Definitely a shame, and having given this recording a chance for two years I'll be looking for another recording.

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Great Classic

I never tire of this story . Read or listen every Christmas 🎄 🎄 🎄

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a classic and a good performance

I already knew the story but it was told well and performed as you would imagine the characters to be. Its a must read classic.

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A great buy at Christmas

I think everyone must have heard or read some version of “A Christmas Carol”, of this much loved Dickens story, it appears to be faithful to Dickens story and I loved the narration by Peter Batchelor, a deep expressive, and mature British voice.

The price of the download is a bargain if you missed the Tom Baker version when it was on the advent offer. A great purchase at Christmas.

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Try a different performance.

It's Dickens at his best but the reading is poor. My humble advice is to listen carefully to the sample and then choose a different performance.

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If you could sum up A Christmas Carol in three words, what would they be?

Dickens, ghosts and a grumpy old man.

What about Peter Batchelor’s performance did you like?

Excellently read - suits the text perfectly.

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A classic book, beautifully read.A must for everyone's collection and a must read/ listen every Christmas.

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Try a different narration

The book is short, concise, and more funny than I imagined, having seen films but never read the original. Typical moralistic story of change you ways or else.....
The narration however is not good, sorry to Peter Bachelor. He reads the speaking voices very well, but the rest is monotonously spoken as if reading a bus timetable, thereby losing the meaning of some sentences. I downloaded this version because it was cheap, and I needed to read it for my book group, but if you love the story, I would recommend a different narrator.

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