One of the best loved and most quoted stories of the man who invented Christmas English writer Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol debuted in 1843 and has touched millions of hearts since Cruel miser Ebeneezer Scrooge has never met a shilling he doesn t like and hardly a man he does And he hates Christmas most of all When Scrooge is visited by his old partner Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas Past Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come he learns eternal lessons of charity kindness and goodwill Experience a true Victorian Christmas Publishers WeeklyThis reissued recording of Stewart s touted Broadway performance might prove to be the enduring interpretation of Dickens s beloved tale of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts of past present and future who catalyze his transformation In a production stripped of sound effects Stewart s theatrical talents take center stage Reading with a voice that it is at once commanding and fragile he creates a Scrooge of unexpected complexity and pathos A spare and dazzling listen that might be the best rendition of the classic since the 1951 Alistair Sim production Nov - from Amzon