Why Such a Lonely Beach
A Christmas Carol
By Charles Dickens
26 Dec, 2019
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Charles Dickens 1843’s A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is a standalone ghost story. Although the author failed to prosper in the science fiction and fantasy genres (in large part because they would not be codified until the following century), he enjoyed great success as a popular author.
Ebenezer Scrooge is living the dream: he has amassed an impressive fortune from which he derives a cold pleasure. He seems to have won at the game of life.
He discovers he has miscalculated the night that his long-dead business partner Jacob Marley visits him.