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1、ACHRISTMASCAROLWrittenbyCharlesDickensNarratedbyMichaelScottProducedbyThoughtAudio.comCopyright©ALLRIGHTSRESERVEDACHRISTMASCAROLWrittenbyCharlesDickensPREFACEIHAVEendeavouredinthisGhostlylittlebook,toraisetheGhostofanIdea,whichshallnotputmyreadersoutofhumourwiththemselves,witheachoth
2、er,withtheseason,orwithme.Mayithaunttheirhousespleasantly,andnoonewishtolayit.TheirfaithfulFriendandServant,C.D.December,1843.CONTENTSStaveI:Marley'sGhostStaveII:TheFirstoftheThreeSpiritsStaveIII:TheSecondoftheThreeSpiritsStaveIV:TheLastoftheSpiritsStaveV:TheEndofItPage2of130STAVEI:M
3、ARLEY'SGHOSTMARLEYwasdead:tobeginwith.Thereisnodoubtwhateveraboutthat.Theregisterofhisburialwassignedbytheclergyman,theclerk,theundertaker,andthechiefmourner.Scroogesignedit:andScrooge'snamewasgoodupon'Change,foranythinghechosetoputhishandto.OldMarleywasasdeadasadoor-nail.Mind!Idon't
4、meantosaythatIknow,ofmyownknowledge,whatthereisparticularlydeadaboutadoor-nail.Imighthavebeeninclined,myself,toregardacoffin-nailasthedeadestpieceofironmongeryinthetrade.Butthewisdomofourancestorsisinthesimile;andmyunhallowedhandsshallnotdisturbit,ortheCountry'sdonefor.Youwilltherefo
5、repermitmetorepeat,emphatically,thatMarleywasasdeadasadoor-nail.Scroogeknewhewasdead?Ofcoursehedid.Howcoulditbeotherwise?ScroogeandhewerepartnersforIdon'tknowhowmanyyears.Scroogewashissoleexecutor,hissoleadministrator,hissoleassign,hissoleresiduarylegatee,hissolefriend,andsolemourner
6、.AndevenScroogewasnotsodreadfullycutupbythesadevent,butthathewasanexcellentmanofbusinessontheverydayofthefuneral,Page3of130andsolemniseditwithanundoubtedbargain.ThementionofMarley'sfuneralbringsmebacktothepointIstartedfrom.ThereisnodoubtthatMarleywasdead.Thismustbedistinctlyunderstoo
7、d,ornothingwonderfulcancomeofthestoryIamgoingtorelate.IfwewerenotperfectlyconvincedthatHamlet'sFatherdiedbeforetheplaybegan,therewouldbenothingmoreremarkableinhistakingastrollatnight,inaneasterlywind,uponhisownramparts,thantherewouldbeinanyothermiddle-agedgentlemanrashlyturningoutaft
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