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This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production - enhanced with music and sound effects - of the most beloved Christmas book of all time, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It tells the story of the miserly and miserable Ebenezer Scrooge, who is given one, final chance at redemption on Christmas Eve when he is visited by the ghost of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley. Scrooge is guided by three Spirits - of Christmas Past, Present and Future - who show the old miser the error of his ways. Easily one of the most heralded and widely-adapted holiday stories ever created, A Christmas Carol is Dickens at his finest and most moving. A must-listen addition to any library.
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“Narrator Kevin Theis inhabits Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley in this sublime adaptation of Dickens’s Christmas classic. Listeners will join the greedy, old miser when he is visited by the ghost of his deceased business partner, Marley, on Christmas Eve. Theis’s dialogue between the pair flawlessly conveys the reluctant Scrooge and the desperate Marley, who hopes to save his friend from a dreadful fate similar to his own. Superlative sound effects such as rattling chains and chiming clocks, along with alluring music, add to the frightening but also joyous atmosphere, and blend perfectly with the vibrant text…The giddy—but believable—laugh at the conclusion nearly brings tears! Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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About Charles Dickens
Patrick
Tull (1941–2006), born in the United Kingdom, was a multitalented actor of the stage, screen, and
television, as well as an award-winning audiobook narrator. He acted in
numerous American television shows from 1962 to 1996, including Crossroads, and he had roles in six Broadway plays between 1967 and
1992, including Amadeus. His film credits
from 1969 to 1996 included roles as Cecil in Parting Glances and Jerry the bartender in Sleepers. He served as narrator for the television series Sea Tales. He narrated nearly forty audiobooks,
and his readings of The Canterbury Tales,
The Letter of Marque, Monk’s Hood, The Vicar of Wakefield, and
How Green Was My Valley each earned
him an AudioFile Earphones Award. His narration of Patrick O’Brian’s
Aubrey/Maturin novels was praised by novelist Stephen King as among his ten favorite
audiobooks of 2006.