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The Essential Dickens Christmas
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard, Tim Bruce, James Gillies, Greg Wagland, Malk Williams, Nigel Patterson, Helen Lloyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary
Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol—A Ghost Story of Christmas in Five Staves, when he was 31. The first edition was published on December 19, 1843, and had sold out just four days later! By the end of 1844, it was running to 13 editions. Now with numerous adaptations for film, television, radio, stage—and indeed in audio—it has, for many, become an essential part of Christmas.
Raconteurs Audio has created this collection to include Dickens' two Christmas novellas, The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth, as well as some of his lesser-known short stories with a Christmas theme.
A Christmas Carol
Stave 1—Marley's Ghost, read by Liam Gerrard
Stave 2—The First of Three Spirits, read by Tim Bruce
Stave 3—The Second of Three Spirits, read by James Gillies
Stave 4—The Last of the Spirits, read by Greg Wagland
Stave 5—The End of It, read by Malk Williams
Music
Stave 1—"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"—English Traditional
Stave 2—"The Three Kings"—Peter Cornelius 1856
Stave 3—"Gabriel's Message"—Basque Noel
Stave 4—"A Coventry Carol"—Original of 1591
Stave 5—"This Is the Truth"—English traditional
Finale—"In Dulci Jubilo"—Old German
Festive Tales
"The Haunted House" (1859) read by Greg Wagland
"A Christmas Tree" (1850) read by Nigel Patterson
"The Chimes" (1844) read by James Gillies
"The Christmas Goblins" (1836) read by Liam Gerrard
"The Cricket on the Hearth" (1845) read by Helen Lloyd
"Nobody's Story" (1852) read by Malk Williams
"A Child's Dream of a Star" (1871) read by Tim Bruce
"What Christmas Is as We Grow Older" (1851) read by James Gillies
Epilogue
The Epilogue, by Helen Roberts, includes a Public Domain Article by Catherine Water, originally published in 'The Conversation' in June 2020.
These stories, originally published between 1843 and 1871, are in the public domain. The traditional Christmas music is also within the public domain—with original arrangements by Kelvin Towse created for this audiobook production.
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- MJB
- 25-12-22
Rushed
The narration on a Christmas carol is awful, emotionless and sounds rushed. Spoilt it for me.
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- pcbos
- 16-03-23
What a pity
A horrible soundquality and mostly mismatched readers (except for the reader of 'The Chimes') had me bored stiff... Incredible as that may be, for please note: I am a true Dickens buff, having read all his novels and re-read most of them as well. To manage to bore me with a Dickens reading is therefore quite a feat.
In the future, I will stay far away from any Raconteurs Audio titles.
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