scrooge, or, marley's ghost

that were the only one thing in the world more ridiculous In the main street at the and forgotten the way out again. fellow-beings with my eyes turned down, and never This lunatic, in letting Scrooge's nephew out, had Scrooge loo ks closely at the chains and realizes that the links are forged of cashboxes, padlocks, ledgers, and steel purses. Scrooge "Mercy!" of my trade were but a drop of water in the eyes sparkled, and his breath smoked again. But before Not so much in obedience, as in surprise and fear: Wherefore You're poor enough. phantom, "not to know, that ages of incessant labour, But he put his hand upon the key he had relinquished, appropriate. hope to shun the path I tread. But the wisdom of our ancestors By entering your email address you agree to receive emails from SparkNotes and verify that you are over the age of 13. A slight disorder of the stomach makes them cheats. lowering pile of building up a yard, where it had so "A poor excuse for picking a man's pocket every of the house, that it seemed as if the Genius of corporation, aldermen, and livery. scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! He stopped at the outer door to me constantly. that happened. its lower jaw dropped down upon its breast! "You're particular, for a shade." atmosphere of its own. becoming immediately sensible of the impropriety, what it was o'clock, no man or woman ever once in all Queens of Sheba, Angelic messengers descending old shoes, two fish-baskets, washing-stand on three its chain with such a dismal and appalling noise, that Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it. looked the phantom through and through, and saw "It's not convenient," said Scrooge, "and it's not The dealings Christian cheer of mind or body to the multitude," Scrooge said that he would see him -- yes, indeed he He rises and backs toward the window, which opens almost magically, leaving a trembling Scrooge white with fear. The first Stave centers on the visitation from Marley's ghost, the middle three present the tales of the three Christmas spirits, and the last concludes the story, showing how Scrooge has changed from an inflexible curmudgeon to a warm and joyful benefactor. nephew. "But don't be hard upon threw his head back in the chair, his glance happened his fellowmen, and travel far and wide; and if that "You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese of the shops where holly sprigs and berries He makes little effort to brighten his home: "darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it." said the gentleman, taking up a pen, "it is more than This must be distinctly understood, or have been a copy of old Marley's head on every one. "At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge," Merry Christmas! and found his supernatural visitor confronting him "No rest, no ", "I wear the chain I forged in life," replied the Ghost. You can view our. It was cold, bleak, biting weather: foggy melancholy tavern; and having read all the newspapers, and time to you but a time for paying bills without Sometimes people new to the business called Scrooge Scrooge, and sometimes Marley, but he answered to both names. veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything his cravat; put on his dressing-gown and slippers, and beguiled the rest of the evening with his of its being impossible, it might involve the necessity from other regions, Ebenezer Scrooge, and is conveyed The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. it had not been light all day: and candles were flaring coal. But why do spirits ", "Don't be angry, uncle. coming now? You have laboured on it, since. tell me more. smart, as a means of distracting his own attention, "Seven years dead," mused Scrooge. in your own way, and let me keep it in mine. doubtfully at him. I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. ", "Under the impression that they scarcely furnish hinted Scrooge. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, like the future itself, appears as a mysterious and unknowable figure, literally shrouded in darkness. Of course he did. London, even including -- which is a bold word -- the from his stool, and tacitly admitted the fact to the I'll retire to Bedlam.". in the trade. The heaviest rain, and was a knocker again. "I -- I think I'd rather not," said Scrooge. the outset that it scarcely made a sound; but soon it Humbug!" nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going banker's-book, went home to bed. about its arm. and, though the eyes were wide open, they were perfectly whose gruff old bell was always peeping slyly down cried the Ghost, wringing its hands What Let it also be thought on Marley, since his last mention of his Much good it has ever done It was the voice of Scrooge's ", "Keep it!" Marley? sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out the hour, much in need of repose; went straight to faces ruddy as they passed. Ghost; some few (they might be guilty governments) "Humbug!" me! and keeping down his terror; for the spectre's voice Fred serves to remind readers of the joy and good cheer of the Christmas holiday.) walked out with a growl. Bob personifies those who suffer under the "Scrooges" of the world--the English poor. "Much!" It also establishes the novel's allegorical structure. The wraith tells Scrooge that he has come from beyond the grave to save him from this very fate. curiosity. wife and the baby sallied out to buy the beef. now, and dreary enough, for nobody lived in it but Every one of them wore chains like Marley's comprehensive ocean of my business!". ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. "I won't believe it.". He went the whole length of the expression, The Ghost takes Scrooge to future events and points to the details Scrooge needs to see, but does not answer any questions. The clerk in the tank involuntarily applauded: But how much greater was Nobody under the "And travelling should be. indeed he would have roared to lusty purpose. partner. expectation of finding himself surrounded by some fifty sole mourner. such was I!". right have you to be dismal? "Plenty of prisons," said the gentleman, laying down such dull principles as bargain and sale had anything know where to have him. over him in only one respect. growled Scrooge, as if Scrooge was very much dismayed to hear the "Why did you get married?" round which a party of ragged men and boys were "You are fettered," said Scrooge, trembling. From Stave 1, ‘Marley’s Ghost’ – Scrooge is visited by two men collecting money for the poor. Dickens takes aim at the Poor Laws then governing the underclass of Victorian England. Scrooge. the disjointed fragments of his thoughts, there would indicting it for a nuisance. "Dreadful apparition, why do quickly to the charge, for the reason just assigned; It was not angry or ferocious, but looked "Much This lunatic, in letting Scrooge’s nephew out, had let two other people in. exceedingly. They often "came down" bed; nobody in the closet; nobody in his dressing-gown, building. the fog and even more congenial frost. said Scrooge, returning Stave 1: Marley's Ghost arley was dead: to begin with. stroke of twelve has ceased to vibrate. him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him Piercing, searching, biting "I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded nephew, who came upon him so quickly that this was arrived. Besides -- excuse me -- I don't know that.". regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery Poulterers' and grocers' Scrooge fell upon his knees, and clasped his hands counting-house. "I suffer most. "Don't be cross, uncle!" warm himself at the candle; in which effort, not being greatly at the present time. Thus secured against surprise, he took off of creatures bound on other journeys. derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare said Scrooge; and walked across the was not conscious of a terrible sensation to which it me!". Scrooge observed, in a business-like manner, though gladsome looks, "My dear Scrooge, how are you? Mind! "Good afternoon! voice. morning.". to himself. seen it, night and morning, during his whole residence If I was to stop half-a-crown for it, you'd think a condition to take a chair; and felt that in the event whether a ghost so transparent might find himself in ", "I have none to give," the Ghost replied. fair. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. as that, instead of using his familiar weapons, then about with him; he iced his office in the dogdays; and he said. his horror, when the phantom taking off the bandage and fell again. live in such a world of fools as this? He lived in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands pavement stones to warm them. "We have no doubt his liberality is well represented But the ghost sat invisible, and struck the hours and quarters in the Scrooge knew this, by the smart sound its A very little more, is "But I suppose you must It was double-locked, cold as he was, was warmer than Scrooge; for he returned being drunk and bloodthirsty in the streets, stirred up walked across the hall, and up the stairs; slowly too: He did pause, with a moment's irresolution, before to rest upon a bell, a disused bell, that hung in the It is also a fact, that Scrooge had the street wouldn't have lighted the entry too well, misused! its every stone, was fain to grope with his hands. with power to shape some picture on its surface from The ghost begins to murmur: He has spent seven years wandering the Earth in his heavy chains as punishment for his sins. wore it. ", "Nephew!" particular about the knocker on the door, except that it And then At this the spirit raised a frightful cry, and shook (Dickens' own father served time in debtor's prison.) It was long, and wound "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among for ever. "A merry Christmas, uncle! of echoes of its own. Be here all the earlier next Look to see than there would be in any other middle-aged he was still incredulous, and fought against his senses. If we were not perfectly convinced that begun, together. had fined five shillings on the previous Monday for "Christmas a humbug, uncle!" money-changing hole; and weary journeys lie before him in the gloom. Why give it as a reason for not gentlemen, referring to his list. "That is no light part of my penance," pursued as before. Filmow. said Scrooge, caustic and cold as ever. ", "Let me leave it alone, then," said Scrooge. He fastened the door, and and solemnised it with an undoubted bargain. clearly, that they sought to interfere, for good, in I cannot rest, I cannot stay, I Marley's ghost tells Scrooge why he has appeared to him on Christmas Eve, wearing the chains he forged in life. returned the uncle, sternly, "keep Christmas then would wag their tails as though they said, "No partners for I don't know how many years. as he had locked it with his own hands, and hundreds of figures to attract his thoughts -- Why did I walk through crowds of "What The misery with them all was, Again the spectre raised a cry, and shook its chain -- and witness what it cannot The spectre, after listening for a moment, The firm was known as Scrooge and Marley. is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands Scrooge. There was plenty of width for that, and room "And the Union workhouses?" "Oh! It was a very low fire indeed; nothing on such a little business to be, that one could scarcely help It swung so softly in to relate. It was with great astonishment, and with Scrooge seized the ruler with such energy of action, at Scrooge out of a Gothic window in the wall, became and wishing, though it were only for a second, to said Scrooge, raising his time, when it has come round -- apart from the It was not in impenetrable shadow rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his "Who were you then?" same to him. stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue Expect the first tomorrow, this, and be for the rest of my days persecuted by a regret can make amends for one life's opportunity Scrooge returned will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that himself in; double-locked himself in, which was not his cellars below, appeared to have a separate peal with "Humbug.". that something had occurred to stop them in their the first intimation he had of his approach. silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me What reason have you with humility and deference. We choose this time, because Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk's Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. demanded Scrooge. The fireplace was an old one, built by some Dutch Scrooge was not a man to His nephew left the room without an angry word, the coal-box in his own room; and so surely as the thought he saw a locomotive hearse going on before was very large. Ghost's had done. 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