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Ebenezer Scrooge (/ ˌ ɛ b ɪ ˈ n iː z ər ˈ s k r uː dʒ /) is a fictional character and the protagonist of Charles Dickens's 1843 short novel, A Christmas Carol.
A Christmas Carol opens on a bleak, cold Christmas Eve in London, seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge 's business partner, Jacob Marley. Scrooge, an ageing miser, dislikes Christmas and refuses a dinner invitation from his nephew Fred.
- Charles Dickens, Michael Slater
- 1843
Scrooge is a cold-hearted, miserly, and selfish character who represents the antithesis of the Christmas spirit. He undergoes a transformation from a cruel and greedy man to a charitable and joyful one after being visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve.
Nov 10, 2022 · Scrooge: A Christmas Carol | Official Trailer | Netflix. Produced by Timeless Films in association with Axis Studios and directed by Stephen Donnelly, Charles Dickens' ageless legend is reborn in...
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Jun 6, 2024 · Ebenezer Scrooge, fictional character, the miserly protagonist of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843). Despite his transformation at the end of the story, the character is remembered as the embittered miser and not as the reformed sinner, and “Scrooge” has entered the English language as a.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A Christmas Carol: Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst. With Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley. Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time.
Ebenezer Scrooge is the protagonist (main character) of ‘A Christmas Carol’. He is a banker or ‘moneylender’ of sorts who owned his own ‘counting house’ alongside his late business partner Jacob Marley. In the opening of the novella, Scrooge is presented as a miserly and misanthropic (someone who dislikes other people) businessman ...
