Author: R. William Bennett Publisher: ISBN: 9781609079154 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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"A parallel account to Charles Dickens's classic A Christmas Carol, recounting events from the point of view of Scrooge's partner, Jacob Marley"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Tom Mula Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. ISBN: 9780822219620 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 116
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THE STORY: Marley was dead, to begin with...--and what happens to Ebenezer Scrooge's mean, sour, pruney old business partner after that? Chained and shackled, Marley is condemned to a hellish eternity. He's even given his own private tormentor: a ma
Author: Jon Clinch Publisher: Atria Books ISBN: 1982129719 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 304
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The acclaimed author of Finn “digs down to the bones of a classic and creates must-read modern literature” (Charles Frazier, New York Times bestselling author) with this “clever riff” (The Washington Post) on Dickens’s classic A Christmas Carol that explores of the relationship between Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley. “Marley was dead, to begin with,” Charles Dickens tells us at the beginning of A Christmas Carol. But in Jon Clinch’s “masterly” (The New York Times Book Review) novel, Jacob Marley, business partner to Ebenezer Scrooge, is very much alive: a rapacious and cunning boy who grows up to be a forger, a scoundrel, and the man who will be both the making and the undoing of Scrooge. They meet as youths in the gloomy confines of Professor Drabb’s Academy for Boys, where Marley begins their twisted friendship by initiating the innocent Scrooge into the art of extortion. Years later, in the dank heart of London, their shared ambition manifests itself in a fledgling shipping empire. Between Marley’s genius for deception and Scrooge’s brilliance with numbers, they amass a considerable fortune of dubious legality, all rooted in a pitiless commitment to the soon-to-be-outlawed slave trade. As Marley toys with the affections of Scrooge’s sister, Fan, Scrooge falls under the spell of Fan’s best friend, Belle Fairchild. Now, for the first time, Scrooge and Marley find themselves at odds. With their business interests inextricably bound together and instincts for secrecy and greed bred in their very bones, the two men engage in a shadowy war of deception, forged documents, theft, and cold-blooded murder. Marley and Scrooge are destined to clash in an unforgettable reckoning that will echo into the future and set the stage for Marley’s ghostly return. “Read through to the last page of this brilliant book, and I promise you that you will have a permanently changed view, not just of Dickens’s world, but of the world we live in today” (Elizabeth Letts, New York Times bestselling author).
Author: Michael Fridgen Publisher: Archway Publishing ISBN: 1480877212 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 175
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Jacob Marley makes his ghostly debut in the famous A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Marley was such a horrible person that he was doomed to wander the earth for eternity, carrying heavy chains. In Jacob Marley’s Ghost, author Michael Fridgen tells the story of a young Jacob Marley. It explores a host of questions: If Marley was as terrible as he appears, why does he warn Ebenezer Scrooge? Perhaps Marley wasn’t always bad? Is there a reason he attempts to scare Scrooge into changing his ways? During the years before he met Scrooge, Marley grew up in London raised by an adoring father and a horrifying mother. When death comes close to his home, a chain of perilous events begins. Marley is sent away from London on a ship, sold into slavery, and forced to work for one of the most detested men in France. Because he’s different, Marley is bullied and tortured. Although he makes some close friends, Marley is eventually forced into an impossible and deadly situation. To survive, he must choose what kind of person he wants to be. Jacob Marley’s Ghost reveals the origins of A Christmas Carol’s unforgettable characters while showing who should be praised and who should be boiled in their own pudding.
Author: Israel Horovitz Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc ISBN: 9780822202110 Category : Christmas plays, American Languages : en Pages : 60
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THE STORY: Famous the world over, the often bizarre and ultimately heart-warming story of Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and the others needs no detailing here. Mr. Horovitz's adaptation follows the Dickens original scrupulously but, in bringing i
Author: Mark Osmun Publisher: ISBN: 9780967307909 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 316
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"Marley's Ghost". Before Scrooge, before Dickens, there was Jacob Marley. In Charles Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge owes his salvation to one man: his former partner, Jacob Marley. Yet despite Marley's crucial role, we know him only as a shadow. Until now. Fugitive, prodigy, gambler, miner, mentor, corruptor and partner of Scrooge, Jacob Marley suffers a life in which he is both victim and villain, noble and vile. After his death, Marley's ghost wanders a frozen hell seeking answers and redemption. There he plays one last role: that of a pawn in the battle between light and dark. Ultimately, Marley must choose between God and the Devil, between sacrifice and betrayal, as mankind's future hangs in the balance. Marley's Ghost, a dark tale about the winter of the soul, shines a brilliant, new light on Dickens' immortal story.
Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Everyman's Library ISBN: 0679436391 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 162
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A gorgeous hardcover edition of the timeless holiday classic, featuring stunning full-color illustrations by Arthur Rackham, with a gilt-stamped cloth cover, acid-free paper, sewn bindings, and a silk ribbon marker. No holiday season is complete without Charles Dickens's dramatic and heartwarming story of the transformation of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge through the efforts of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Set on a cold Christmas Eve in Victorian London, and featuring Scrooge's long-suffering and mild-mannered clerk, Bob Cratchit; Bob’s kindhearted son, Tiny Tim; and a host of colorful characters, A Christmas Carol was an instant hit and has been beloved ever since by generations of readers of all ages.
Author: George Rapier Publisher: ISBN: 9781937937249 Category : Languages : en Pages : 288
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Jacob Marley is best known as the long dead partner of Ebenezer Scrooge, a fictional character whose very name serves as a synonym for cheap. Marley is "dead as a doornail," Dickens insists in the opening lines of the well known tale, but Scrooge's nephew uncovers an entirely different account of events. In this skillfully crafted retelling, novelist-playwright George Rapier brings the fascinating characters back to the printed page to reveal what really happened on that mysterious and legendary night before Christmas.
Author: M. P. Sorenson Publisher: ISBN: 9781981065974 Category : Languages : en Pages : 132
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We all know the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. We have seen countless theatrical adaptations of the story, in movies and on the stage. Yet nothing is spoken of how Jacob Marley came to procure a "chance and hope" for his only friend in life, Ebenezer Scrooge. This imaginative Christian story, inspired by Charles Dickens' great work, begins on the day of Jacob Marley's death. Join his spirit on his tormented journey across the face of the earth as he is forced to relive every detail of his crimes against humanity, face his past and his guilt, and ultimately experience judgment. With the help of annual messengers from above, perhaps Jacob will learn from his past mistakes, at least enough to save the soul of one, living, man.
Author: R. William Bennett
Author: Tom Mula
Author: Jon Clinch
Author: Michael Fridgen
Author: Israel Horovitz
Author: Mark Osmun
Author: Charles Dickens
Author: George Rapier
Author: M. P. Sorenson
Author: Mark Brown