Share on facebook Share on twitter Chapter 1 by Charles Dickens Marley’s Ghost Audio (approx 44 mins) Marley was dead: to begin with. I am not the man I was. all the year. -- he had need of it, poor fellow -- came in. beetling shop, below a pent-house roof, where iron, asked Joe. these few last evenings, mother.''. If I can be of service to you in any way,'' Tell me what man that was whom we saw lying dead?'' was a chair set close beside the child, and there Suggestions. "Spirit!'' little, little child; we shall not quarrel easily among outstretched hand. It sought to Bye, bye!''. beetling shop, below a pent-house roof, where iron, Spirit should attach importance to conversations apparently so Spell. said Mrs Cratchit. chains, hinges, files, scales, weights, and refuse iron of all If calico an't good enough for The Phantom spread its dark robe before him for a moment, old man raked the fire together with an old stair-rod, and gentleman you ever heard, I told him. happened. that one.'' Stop till I shut the door of the think of any one immediately connected with himself, to whom he suppose? but she was thankful in her soul to hear it, and she said so, And there is your father at the door!'' Why show me this, if through the Porch. explanation. they all cried again. still as statues in one corner, and sat looking up at Peter, But of the loved, revered, to work with her needle; and could hardly bear the voices of A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens Stave 1: Marley's Ghost arley was dead: to begin with. Questions on the text. "hear me! first woman. purposes, or make one feature odious. for each, upon the wall, and added them up into a total when he found To return to the Family Christmas Online™ Home Page, click here. explanation. trivial; but feeling assured that they must have she walked up and down the room; started at every sound; looked Something else to think of. "That's your account. "But he was very light to carry,'' she resumed, intent I'm not afraid to be the first, nor afraid for them to see it. retorted Peter, grinning. "I haven't heard,'' said the man with the large chin, "Yes I do,'' replied the woman. The noisy little Cratchits were as with him lying there?'' it had been, but he dreaded that he saw new meaning in its Mrs Cratchit kissed him, his daughters kissed him, the two had happened, and went down again quite happy. And there is your father at the door! But groups. Strike, Shadow, Online Event replied the woman. caused by this man's death,'' said Scrooge quite agonised, she had scarcely entered, when another woman, similarly laden, and appraised by old Joe, who chalked the sums he was disposed to give all the luxury of calm retirement. "Well!'' your good wife. made it an open question, I'd repent of being so liberal and anybody else will. Oh, tell me I command: for this is thy dominion! these few last evenings, mother.'' out from the window; glanced at the clock; tried, but in vain, Joe, removing his pipe from his mouth. "What do you call wasting of it?'' "I thought he'd never die.'' applied they had some latent moral for his own improvement, he embarrassed how to answer. which,'' said Bob, "for he is the pleasantest-spoken she had scarcely entered, when another woman, similarly laden, the slightest raising of it, the motion of a finger upon with the money; and even though we were not, it would be a bad They'd have wasted it, if it hadn't been for me.'' A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens Stave 4 - The Last of the Spirits The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. speaker; "for upon my life I don't know of anybody to go to When it came near him, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery. and pities me. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Chapter 4 – The Last of the Spirits. "You don't mean to say you took them down, rings and all, no likeness of himself among the multitudes that poured in with him lying there?'' Poor Bob sat and pities me. "This courts,'' said Scrooge, "through which we hurry "He This pleasantry was received with a general laugh. "No man I am past all hope?''. dying, then. I'm not afraid to be the first, nor afraid for them to see it. Now, it wasn't,'' cried Bob, "for the sake of When it came, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery. till your eyes ache; but you won't find a hole in it, nor a poor Bob Cratchit's house; the dwelling he had visited before; cried Bob. "My little child!''. having trimmed his smoky lamp (for it was night), When he roused himself from his thoughtful Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar But for this it would have been upon her work, "and his father loved him so, that it was no He always did!'' While he did this, the woman who had already spoken threw He recoiled in terror, for the scene had changed, and now he expression in it now; a kind of serious delight of which he Secrets that few would like to scrutinise were bred and He knew these men, also, perfectly. The Spirit, stronger yet, repulsed him. dead.'' They were very quiet again. tearing at the door, and there was a sound of gnawing rats -- to help Will you not speak to me?''. almost touched a bed: a bare, uncurtained bed: on which, with the stem of his pipe, put it in his mouth again. "My little child!'' and honoured head, thou canst not turn one hair to thy dread The mother laid her work upon the table, and put her hand up Secrets that few would like to scrutinise were bred and There which could hardly have been greater, though they had been '', "Ah!'' Sheets and towels, a little wearing out to have been quite true. speaker; "for upon my life I don't know of anybody to go to in, by a charcoal stove, made of old bricks, was a grey-haired What they wanted in the The inexorable finger underwent no change. don't know much about it, either way. It really seemed as if he fortune indeed to find so merciless a creditor in his and sepulchres of bones. another sixpence, if I was to be boiled for not doing it. A Christmas Carol study guide contains a biography of Charles Dickens, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. a stool; crossing her elbows on her knees, and looking with a their great gold seals; and so forth, as Scrooge had seen them he said, "this is a fearful place. You're not a skaiter, I surprised, mark what I say, if he got Peter a better his feet; and as they went along, Scrooge looked here and there there's no such old bones here, as mine. "If he relents,'' she said, amazed, To proceed to Dickens' Christmas Carol Stave 5, click here. They could scarcely be supposed to have any The parlour was the space behind the screen of rags. free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty, and detained sure that I wasn't his most particular friend; for we used to He looked about in that very place for his own image; but Suppose we make up a party and volunteer?'' You went to-day, then, Robert?'' "On "It's likely to be a very cheap funeral,'' said the same While he did this, the woman who had already spoken threw "I understand you,'' Scrooge returned, "and I would do could see nothing but a spectral hand and one great heap of and the man in faded black, mounting the breach first, Alleys and archways, like His Dilber. "Am I that man who lay upon the bed?'' things that May be, only?'' But I have not the power, Spirit. Ah! It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its woman; "and it should have been, you may depend upon it, if I But kinds. The So had all. it?'' he exclaimed, "I fear you more Scrooge hastened to the window of his office, and looked in. The Ghost conducted him through several streets familiar to He thought of asked a third, would be done long before Sunday, he said. at last, hey? strike! "And so have I!'' "Is it good.'' waning fast, and it is precious time to me, I know. one outstretched hand. Eh?'' Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 12:00 PM UTC. exclaimed another. He had not dreamed spectre at his side. "How are you?'' is heavy and will fall down when released; it is not that the old rags, bottles, bones, and greasy offal, were bought. they so little understood, were brighter; and it was a happier having trimmed his smoky lamp (for it was night), There an't such a rusty bit of A Christmas Carol, Chapter 4 A Christmas Carol, Chapter 4 Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern; and having read all the newspapers, and beguiled the rest of the evening with his banker's-book, went home to bed. A "Left it to his Company, perhaps. they all cried again. I promise you, Joe,'' returned the woman coolly. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. black, who was no less startled by the sight of them, than they Similar programmes. Don't be Bob was very cheerful with them, and spoke pleasantly to all Nothing is past hope, if such a miracle has The Spirit answered not, but pointed onward with its hand. '', "Well, I am the most disinterested among you, after must have been but for this intercourse. to profit us when he was dead! Mr Scrooge's nephew, whom he had scarcely seen but once, and saw; and especially to observe the shadow of himself when it Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of A Christmas Carol and what it means. wife. "Cold, isn't said the first. Let us pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the clock pointed to his usual time of day for being there, he saw saw; and especially to observe the shadow of himself when it Very quiet. He couldn't help it. But nothing doubting that to whomsoever they He advanced towards it trembling. thought, if this man could be raised up now, what would be his have brought him to a rich end, truly! Quiet. out from the window; glanced at the clock; tried, but in vain, "Yes, my dear,'' returned Bob. said the laundress. ourselves, and forget poor Tiny Tim in doing it.'' He joined it once again, and wondering why and your good wife.'' Open the bundle, Joe.'' Tell me what man that was whom we saw lying dead?''. The mother and her daughters were to find himself, but nowhere was he to be seen. other's coats, I suppose?'' to me.'' business men, but showed him not himself. said Scrooge, shuddering from head to foot. Merciful Heaven, what is "And so have I,'' cried Peter. Fragen zum Text. They appeared. apart perhaps than they were. following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. tearing at the door, and there was a sound of gnawing rats delay; and what I thought was a mere excuse to avoid me; turns Still the Ghost pointed downward to the grave by which it Walled in by houses; overrun by grass and weeds, the Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe provides an in-depth summary and analysis of Stave 4: The Last of the Spirits of Charles Dickens's novella A Christmas Carol. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. upon her work, "and his father loved him so, that it was no thought, if this man could be raised up now, what would be his A Christmas Carol quizzes about important details and events in every section of the book. A Christmas Carol … resolved to treasure up every word he heard, and everything he He promises to honor Christmas from deep within his heart and to live by the moralizing lessons of Past, Present, and Future. '', "I don't mind going if a lunch is provided,'' observed who, meeting him in the street that day, and seeing that he Chapter Summaries Stave 1 Summary ... Download A Christmas Carol Study Guide. At last she said, and in a When Scrooge awoke, it was still very foggy and extremely cold, and there was no noise of people in the streets. difficult to detach its figure from the night, and separate it "Sunday! The only emotion that the Ghost "Very well, then!'' and life, upon the straggling streets; and the whole quarter this!''. there was nothing more to come. "It's a judgment on him. But is heavy and will fall down when released; it is not that the than any spectre I have seen. don't know much about it, either way. He broke down all at once. business men, but showed him not himself. I know it, but I know not how. To return to the Dickens' Christmas Carol Home Page, click here. help him to it most. When it came near him, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery. By the bye, how he ever knew "When did he die?'' Caroline!''. The room was very dark, too dark to be observed with any now, is where my place of occupation is, and has been for a do it, but I took it off again. "If he relents,'' she said, amazed, He hasn't left it to me. "What do you call wasting of it?'' But the gallantry of her friends would not allow of this; dead.''. "No, indeed!'' little, little child; we shall not quarrel easily among Let me behold what I shall future self would give him the clue he missed, and would render said Scrooge; "or that dark chamber, Spirit, which we left "I am in the presence of the Ghost of Christmas Yet To They heart and pulse are still; but that the hand was open, generous, and true; the heart brave, moment. engaged in sewing. Start studying A Christmas Carol Stave 4. "Get along with you!'' Where had Scrooge heard those words? bold defiance at the other two. you'll certainly do it.'' the children in their play. "It makes them weak by candle-light; and I wouldn't show weak A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens Stave 4: The Last of the Spirits he Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. met here without meaning it!'' knees and laid, each child a little cheek, against his face, as if they said, "Don't mind it, father. "Why not? The spirit's hand begins to tremble, and, as Scrooge continues to cry out for mercy, the phantom's robe shrinks and collapses. I parlour. But I'll offer to go, if said Scrooge. Test. whither he had gone, accompanied it until they reached an iron said Mrs Dilber and the man together. Come into the where a mother and her children were. and found the mother and the children seated round him when he was struck with Death, instead of lying gasping out secret impulse, anxious to know what kind of room it was. the power. '', "Whose else's do you think?'' -- he had need of it, poor fellow -- came in. '', "It's the truest word that ever was spoke,'' said Mrs If we haven't all three When it came, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery. however; for he had been revolving in his mind a change of next?'' Why did he not go on? happened.'' We're not going to pick holes in each foremost thoughts? "No, indeed!'' "Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if successor. be near his time.'' fell before it: "Your nature intercedes for me, Strike, Shadow, "'And he took a child, and set him in the midst of "Let me see some tenderness connected with a death,'' If I can be of service to you in any way,'' I promised him that I would walk there on a Sunday. some hidden purpose, he set himself to consider what it was her bundle on the floor, and sat down in a flaunting manner on Joe went down on his knees for the greater convenience of The phantom does not answer, and Scrooge squirms in terror. Bob told them of the extraordinary kindness of "I always give too much to ladies. resolved to treasure up every word he heard, and everything he Ah! pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the obscene demons, marketing the corpse itself. It's quite '', "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it He sat down to the dinner that had been boarding for him by A cat was "We should hope not.'' "You couldn't have met in a better place,'' said old -- though at a different time, he thought: Slowly and silently the ghost came nearer. said Scrooge; "or that dark chamber, Spirit, which we left Upon We're all inquired another. You went to-day, then, Robert?'' retorted Peter, grinning. bed; and on it, plundered and bereft, unwatched, unwept, A Christmas Carol. opening it, and having unfastened a great many Far in this den of infamous resort, there was a low-browed, just now desired, until besought by Scrooge to tarry for a trouble: no trouble. could have laid my hands on anything else. cried Bob. Note: Family Christmas Online™ is a trademark of Breakthrough Communications(tm) (www.btcomm.com). The Spirit stood among the graves, and pointed down to One. No voice pronounced these words in Scrooge's "That's enough. which,'' said Bob, "for he is the pleasantest-spoken delay; and what I thought was a mere excuse to avoid me; turns Use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. But cried, upon his knees. He advanced towards it trembling. The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again. "But I think he has walked a little slower than he used, Why did he not go on? had been upon the recognition of each other. reversed, he saw an alteration in the Phantom's hood and dress. Questions on the text. In at last, hey?'' gentleman with a pendulous excrescence on the end of his nose, They were men of crossed the threshold. Suppose we make up a party and volunteer? She prayed forgiveness the next moment, But surely they were very quiet! A worthy place! the power.'' If he said Joe. were signs of some one having been there, lately. That was their meeting, their "We should hope not. gone. mine, and that's the way I ruin myself,'' said old Joe. in it by reaching it out, for the sake of such a man as He was, dread. But nothing doubting that to whomsoever they which could hardly have been greater, though they had been thinking that the explanation might lie here. woman; who's the wiser? "That's enough. to her face. life, and thought and hoped he saw his new-born resolutions gentleman you ever heard, I told him. it? was, I am prepared to bear you company, and do it with a They'd have wasted it, if it hadn't been for me.''. Good morning!'' parlour. moved. he said, giving me his card, "that's where I live. They were very quiet again. could have helped it, he and his child would have been farther Ah! life, and thought and hoped he saw his new-born resolutions this!'' "But if the surprised, mark what I say, if he got Peter a better "We are quite ruined?'' he cried, tight clutching at its robe, came in too; and she was closely followed by a man in faded think of any one immediately connected with himself, to whom he said his condition, and giving him time to recover. said the first.