“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!”(62)
“This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.” (108)
“There are some upon this earth of yours,” returned the Spirit, “who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us.” (92)
“‘God bless us every one!’ said Tiny Tim, the last of all.” (97)

Works Cited
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. Charles Dickens: The Christmas Books Volume I.
Penguin Classics. New York. 1985.
A Christmas Carol is literally a superficial epiphany; this is one of the reasons I really enjoy this novella.
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Dickens is to prose what Shakespeare is to poetry….
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KC, that is a wonderful sentence!
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Thank you for these great quote of Dickens, Charles! He has to give so much, also in a second layer behind his writings. Be well and stay save! Michael
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Michael, thank you!
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Thank you too, Charles! Enjoy the rest of the week! Michael
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I love this book, Charles. It is one of my favourite Dickens’ books, coming second to Great Expectations.
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Hi Robbie, I think I would simply reverse the order, but they are both excellent!
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Miss Havisham in her wedding dress and the table full of rotting food invested by rats has haunted my nightmares for decades, Charles. I will never forget the horror of those scenes.
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Robbie, that is intensely powerful.
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I think for me, the two books are a tie!
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I can certainly go with that!
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This is Dickens at his best. When his words still ring true, that says it all. Thank you, Charles!
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Jennie, you are very welcome!
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