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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 novel, A Christmas Carol.Initially a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas, his redemption by visits from the ghost of Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come has become a defining ...
Dickens never explicitly specifies the illness Tiny Tim suffers, although he walks with a crutch and has "his limbs supported by an iron frame".. In 1992, American paediatric neurologist Donald Lewis, although describing the boy as "the crippled son of Ebenezer Scrooge's clerk", proposed as one possibility renal tubular acidosis (type 1), a type of kidney failure causing the blood to become ...
Scrooge, Ebenezer Miserly main character in A Christmas Carol, he is visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley and three ghosts of Christmas. Sikes, Bill is a villain and a thief in Oliver Twist . Skimpole, Harold is the indebted and foolish friend of John Jarndyce in Bleak House .
He also gives presents and a large Christmas turkey to the Thatchers, and offers tickets to an Australian clinic to Jonathan, Thatcher's son, who Slade promises to help as much as he can. When visiting Jessup's orphanage, Slade finds a bitter orphan like he himself was, and adopts the orphan as his ward and apprentice in wood-carving.
Instead, Ebenezer has the mindset that Christmas is a sham for opportunists to take money from him in the name of the holiday. Therefore, he refers to it all as "humbug," only later to understand ...
Disney's 2009 animated adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic story stars Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge. ... York City, his dog Paws (voiced by Zachary Gordon), an orphan named Quinn ...
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is a fictional character in Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol.The Ghost is the last of the three spirits that appear to miser Ebenezer Scrooge to offer him a chance of redemption, foretold by the ghost of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley.
Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is a harsh master to his clerk, Bob Cratchit. Uncaring and unfeeling, Scrooge lives a cold and solitary life mocking those who celebrate Christmas, including his nephew, Fred. On the evening of Christmas Eve Scrooge gets a visit from his long-dead partner, Jacob Marley, who warns him he is on the path to destruction ...