Contents
Epigraph
Author’s Note
Prologue
The Train Ride
STAVE I
Ebenezer Scrooge
Scrooge and Marley
Fred
The Solicitors
Bob Cratchit
Jacob Marley
STAVE II
The Ghost of Christmas Past
The School
Old Fezziwig
Belle
STAVE III
The Ghost of Christmas Present
Tiny Tim
The Miners
STAVE IV
Ghost of the Future
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
The Exchange
The Pawnbroker
The Death of Tiny Tim
The Graveyard
STAVE V
Redemption
The Solicitor Redux
Christmas with Fred
Bob Cratchit’s Raise
Long Live Tiny Tim
Epilogue
Dickens Cuts Loose
Success!
Disappointment
The First Reading
The Last Christmas
The Last Reading
A Christmas Wish
Acknowledgements
About the Author
End Notes
Bibliography
Photography Credits