Link to ‘A Christmas Carol’
To counterbalance any cynicism you may have sensed in our Dec. 16 post about Christmas, I report the following:
Some friends have invited us and others over to their house this weekend to take turns reading Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol aloud. What a great idea. In case any of you want to do the same — or just read it for yourselves or have your children read it — I’ve posted it in our fiction section.
Here’s a direct link.
Unlike some abbreviated print versions — or any of the television or movie productions of the story — the original is a rather long piece. About 25,000 words. We and our friends call ourselves the Woodstock Readers Group, but we’re really just an ad hoc bunch of whatever writers, artists, publishers and others can make it to our infrequent gatherings.
But we’re a dedicated bunch. And we’ll slog through as much of the Dickens classic as we can. We hope you can, too.
Or print it out and save it for next year.
– Sid Leavitt
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