"Darkness was cheap, and Scrooge liked it." The first in the series of Christmas stories by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol is a timeless classic, first published in 1843. The book recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a selfish, old and miserly man. As the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come take Scrooge on respective journeys, will he learn the true meaning of the season? Filled with compassion and joy, A Christmas Carol captures the spirit of the age and is one of the best-known Yuletide tales, with its set of endearing larger-than-life characters.