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A Christmas Carol

By: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: Peter Batchelor
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Publisher's summary

Sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge has an emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. A Christmas Carol has never been out of print and has been adapted to film, opera, and other media.

Public Domain (P)2012 Trout Lake Media

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Lovely classic Christmas story, interestingly read

What made the experience of listening to A Christmas Carol the most enjoyable?

I love the narrator's interesting reading, for the first minute or two, I was just listening to his voice, and then very quickly I forgot the narrator entirely and simply enjoyed his story! I think that is the mark of an excellent story-teller. I could see all the scenes in my head. I think I'll be listening to this version every Christmas! Thank you so much!

What was one of the most memorable moments of A Christmas Carol?

I must admit, I love the part about Tiny Tim the best, and can't ever hear, "God bless us, every one!" without blinking a few tears. Very dear.

What about Peter Bachelor’s performance did you like?

He seems to be a born story-teller, he makes the story interesting, with slightly different voices for characters, and reads with enough expression to be interesting but not so much as to be distracting.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, it is 2 hrs and 44 minutes, so it is a long story, but perfect if you're in bed with the flu and don't feel like keeping your eyes open long enough watch TV. You can just close your eyes and enjoy the story.

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I felt the sound quality was poor. I had a hard time hearing throughout the story with the volume on all the way.

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A classic, and well read.

The story is well known by most of us and it comes alive in this complete reading.

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Truly enjoyable

This was perhaps my favorite audiobook experience. A Christmas Carol is Dickens at his best in showing the evils of woshiping money.

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Saw the show in Olny, DC area...a reading...

Would you listen to A Christmas Carol again? Why?

No, because I only listen/read books once.

What did you like best about this story?

Dickens words are soooooooo descriptive...your imagination can see everything

What about Peter Bachelor’s performance did you like?

Read very well, did different parts/voices believable

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Scrooge actually comes around sooner than I recall the movies depicting.

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great story dry delivery

I mean it's Dickens. it's solid. but the narrator was a bit dry to be honest.

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wonderful Christmas story

It was a little hard to understand some of it because of the English dialogue (just like all of Dicken's books). Nevertheless, it was a wonderful story. The narration was great! I loved it.

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Great book, poor sound quality.

The book itself I've read multiple times and would rate 5 stars, but unfortunately the quality of this audio recording is low. It's not that the narrator does a bad job, he has a voice that suits the story, but it just wasn't captured well. It's so low that you have to turn up the volume near max to hear it just okay, and at that point you'll hear artifacts in the recording and some words will still come across muddled. I would look for a different recording of this same Dickens story.

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A Christmas Carol

Could not understand half of the words read. Conversations muddled, voice unclear while words are not separated.

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Timeless story, narrator a bit flat

great story, as always. at the beginning, the narrator seemed monotone and it took a little time to get use to him. After that, everything was great.

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