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A Christmas Carol
- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Cranham, Miriam Margolyes, Jenna Coleman, Brendan Coyle, Roger Allam
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
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Publisher's Summary
'If I had my way, every idiot who goes around with Merry Christmas on his lips, would be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. Merry Christmas? Bah humbug!'
Charles Dickens' ghostly tale of sour and stingy miser Ebenezer Scrooge has captivated readers, listeners and audiences for over 150 years. This Christmas, Audible Studios brings this story to life in an audio drama featuring an all-star cast.
Starring: Sir Derek Jacobi as Dickens, Kenneth Cranham as Ebenezer Scrooge, Roger Allam as Jacob Marley, Brendan Coyle as The Ghost Of Christmas Past, Miriam Margolyes as The Ghost Of Christmas Present, Tim Mcinnerny as The Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come, Jamie Glover as Bob Cratchit, Emily Bruni as Mrs. Cratchit, Jenna Coleman as Belle, Joshua James as Young Scrooge And Hugh Skinner as Fred
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- JohnS
- 2019-12-23
Wonderful adaptation
This multicast adaptation of Dickens' classic is worthy of annual listens. The sound effects included, enhanced and added the right spirit (no pun intended) of this wonderful story. Excellently done!
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- KittyMcMow
- 2020-12-24
A True Delight!
Everything about this book is absolutely breathtaking! From the voice acting, To the little noises that they added on. It truly immerses you into the world. The book, The voice acting, Everything grabs onto your attention and holds on to it throughout the whole book! It's an absolute Delight! If you need something to listen to during the Christmas season I highly suggest this book!!
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- ChauirG
- 2021-12-25
Fantastic performance
A wonderful classic presented in a fabulously engaging way. The narrator is absolutely amazing, he brings the story to life. The dramatization is perfect. From more than 25 audiobooks I have listened to, this is the number one best performance. Highly recommended.
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-11-05
Extraordinary!
I love the Christmas Carol story, and this performance has made me love it more!
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- Janine Lebeter
- 2019-12-17
Classical tale with brilliant voice actors and sou
A classical tale with brilliant voice actors and sound effects. I would absolutely recommend this audiobook!
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- RNS
- 2018-12-20
Superb - what a Christmas Gift!
I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of this production. Performances were top notch and it was equal to the Alistair Sims 1951 classic film. To be listened to annually in the future.
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- Winelover
- 2021-01-03
What a delightful listen!
I love this novella and have read it annually for years now. This drama stayed close to the book (it's about the same listening time as an unabridged read). I thought each of the characters were well performed and memorable. To me, the only con was Cranham as Scrooge. Imo, his performance was under played. It was quite good, but not brilliant. But he had big shoes to fill with Alastair Sim in the 1951 movie. Regardless, I wholly recommend this drama and definitely will listen to this next Christmas and the year after (along with Hugh Grant's narration of the story). It was a really delightful way to spend a few hours!
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- Gail C. Bull
- 2020-12-25
Beautifully Performed Adaptation of Dicken's Tale
This is one of the best adaptations of A Christmas Carol I have ever listened to or watched. No scenes have been cut for time (as often happens with film adaptations) so you get the full emotional experience that Dicken's created with his story.
Sir Derek Jacobi's narration is pitch-perfect. It is always in perfect sync with the tone of each scene so it never undercuts the emotional impact of the events.
All of the performers are perfectly cast. Usually, with audio plays, I have favorite performances as well as performances that I think could have been done better. But each of these performances are so well done that I don't have a favourite performance nor one that I consider a "weak link".
If you only buy one audiobook of Dicken's Christmas classic, make it this one.
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- Riley
- 2022-12-09
Christmas Classic
Such a beautiful production. It is interesting how much different voices, and some sound effects really enhance audiobooks.
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- kyndakrazy
- 2020-12-30
An old friend.
Terrific performance of a classic. More people need to read or listen to this book today. It's lesson is more important now than ever.
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