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Topic: Ebenezer Scrooge
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Charles Dickens: His 10 most memorable characters
To celebrate the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, here is a tribute to 10 of his most unforgettable characters.
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Charles Dickens: 12 great movie and TV adaptations
12 versions that successfully brought Dickens' classic novels to the small and big screens.
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5 best mysteries of the holiday season
From Austen and Conan Doyle imitators to a reporter following a mysterious homicide, these five novels are sure to please any mystery fan
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6 stories that made Christmas what it is today
From 'A Christmas Carol' to 'The Nutcracker,' these six stories have become essential to the holiday season.
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Chapter & Verse
Why doesn't Stephen King pay more in taxes?
Stephen King's column at the Daily Beast, questioning why he and other well-off Americans aren't paying more in taxes, created controversy among readers.
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Charles Dickens at 200
How would the social reformer who gave us Oliver Twist and Tiny Tim have viewed the 'Occupy' movement and Arab Spring? A look at Dickens's enduring legacy.
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Charles Dickens: His 10 most memorable characters
To celebrate the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, here is a tribute to 10 of his most unforgettable characters.
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Charles Dickens: 12 great movie and TV adaptations
12 versions that successfully brought Dickens' classic novels to the small and big screens.
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Dickens of a Christmas: Celebrating the tale of a redeemed Scrooge
The bicentennial of Dickens's birth provides a chance to understand why his 'A Christmas Carol' helped Christians refocus on the meaning of Christmas.
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5 best mysteries of the holiday season
From Austen and Conan Doyle imitators to a reporter following a mysterious homicide, these five novels are sure to please any mystery fan
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6 stories that made Christmas what it is today
From 'A Christmas Carol' to 'The Nutcracker,' these six stories have become essential to the holiday season.
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The Vote
Is Trump a Scrooge? A review of his charitable foundation does not impress.
According to The Smoking Gun, an investigatory website that examined the Donald J. Trump Foundation's tax forms, Trump 'may be the least charitable billionaire in the United States.'
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Classic review: The Man Who Invented Christmas
Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' was not just a book but rather a Victorian-era Christmas miracle.
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My George Bailey epiphany
‘It’s a wonderful life’ was required viewing at Christmas. Finally, one year, I saw its true mastery.
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Classic review: The Man Who Invented Christmas
“A Christmas Carol” was not just a book but rather a Victorian-era Christmas miracle.
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A Rumpole Christmas
“A Rumpole Christmas” makes a holiday treat for the mystery lover on your shopping list.
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
'A Christmas Carol' was not just a book but rather a Victorian-era Christmas miracle.
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Mr. Timothy
A thriller of Christmas past.
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Wall Street's tremors to reach Main Street
The biggest impact of Lehman's bankruptcy and other recent turmoil could be tighter credit.
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A summer of Charles Dickens
DVDs at the library have ignited my son's interest in the novelist's stories.
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