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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol is a Victorian morality tale that focuses on the life of the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge. First published by Charles Dickens in 1843 as a means to relieve personal debts, A Christmas Carol has become one of the most enduring Christmas stories of all time.

Source: Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (London: Chapman and Hall, 1843)


Lexile Level: TBD
       
Origin: British
       
Genre: Fiction, Victorian, Ghost Story
Reading Level: 6.7        Language: English        File name: cc
Sunshine State Standards:
LA.A.2.3: The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts.

LA.D.2.3: The student understands the power of language.

LA.E.2.3: The student responds critically to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.


Theme: Morality, Greed, Redemption, Forgiveness
Reading Strategy: Story Analysis, Character Analysis, Character Mapping
 

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