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1、ACHRISTMASCAROLINPROSEBEINGAGhostStoryofChristmasBYCHARLESDICKENSWITHILLUSTRATIONSBYJOHNLEECHPREFACEIHAVEendeavouredinthisGhostlylittlebook,toraisetheGhostofanIdea,whichshallnotputmyreadersoutofhumourwiththemselves,witheachother,withtheseason,orwithme.Mayithaunttheirhou
2、sespleasantly,andnoonewishtolayit.TheirfaithfulFriendandServant,C.D.December,1843.CONTENTSSTAVEIMARLEY’SGHOSTSTAVEIITHEFIRSTOFTHETHREESPIRITSSTAVEIIITHESECONDOFTHETHREESPIRITSSTAVEIVTHELASTOFTHESPIRITSSTAVEVTHEENDOFITILLUSTRATIONSArtist.MARLEY’SGHOSTJ.LEECHGHOSTSOFDEPAR
3、TEDUSURERS,,MR.FEZZIWIG’SBALL,,SCROOGEEXTINGUISHESTHEFIRST,,OFTHETHREESPIRITSSCROOGE’STHIRDVISITOR,,IGNORANCEANDWANT,,THELASTOFTHESPIRITS,,SCROOGEANDBOBCRATCHIT,,STAVEONE.MARLEY’SGHOST.MARLEYwasdead:tobeginwith.Thereisnodoubtwhateveraboutthat.Theregisterofhisburialwassi
4、gnedbytheclergyman,theclerk,theundertaker,andthechiefmourner.Scroogesignedit:andScrooge’snamewasgoodupon’Change,foranythinghechosetoputhishandto.OldMarleywasasdeadasadoor-nail.Mind!Idon’tmeantosaythatIknow,ofmyownknowledge,whatthereisparticularlydeadaboutadoor-nail.Imig
5、hthavebeeninclined,myself,toregardacoffin-nailasthedeadestpieceofironmongeryinthetrade.Butthewisdomofourancestorsisinthesimile;andmyunhallowedhandsshallnotdisturbit,ortheCountry’sdonefor.Youwillthereforepermitmetorepeat,emphatically,thatMarleywasasdeadasadoor-nail.Scroo
6、geknewhewasdead?Ofcoursehedid.Howcoulditbeotherwise?ScroogeandhewerepartnersforIdon’tknowhowmanyyears.Scroogewashissoleexecutor,hissoleadministrator,hissoleassign,hissoleresiduarylegatee,hissolefriend,andsolemourner.AndevenScroogewasnotsodreadfullycutupbythesadevent,but
7、thathewasanexcellentmanofbusinessontheverydayofthefuneral,andsolemniseditwithanundoubtedbargain.ThementionofMarley’sfuneralbringsmebacktothepointIstartedfrom.ThereisnodoubtthatMarleywasdead.Thismustbedistinctlyunderstood,ornothingwonderfulcancomeofthestoryIamgoingtorela
8、te.IfwewerenotperfectlyconvincedthatHamlet’sFatherdiedbeforetheplaybegan,therewouldbenothingmoreremarkableinhi
