A Christmas Carol

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Bah! Humbug!

— Ebenezer Scrooge

A thin old man in a top hat waves away a cloaked visitor from his tall desk in a cold candlelit counting house, a clerk shivering nearby. — Original artwork

Bah! Humbug!

Ebenezer Scrooge

An open register lies by a single candle in a dark Victorian office, a lion-head door knocker and a foggy church tower beyond the window. — Original artwork

Marley was dead: to begin with.

Charles Dickens

Victorian engraving: a poor family gathers round a small Christmas goose by the fire, a little boy beaming among them. — Original artwork

God bless us every one!

Tiny Tim

Victorian engraving: a translucent ghost bound in heavy chains and cash boxes stands at the foot of an old man's bed. — Original artwork

I wear the chain I forged in life.

Jacob Marley

Victorian engraving: a wailing chained ghost raises its arms before a cowering old man, phantoms drifting past the window. — Original artwork

Mankind was my business.

Jacob Marley

Victorian engraving: two gentlemen in top hats appeal to a sour old miser hunched at his desk in a cold counting-house. — Original artwork

Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?

Ebenezer Scrooge

Victorian engraving: an old man kneels by a snowy grave as a tall hooded phantom points down at it under the moon. — Original artwork

I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

Ebenezer Scrooge