What is it about Charles Dickens’s A 圣诞节 Carol that propels so many readers, annually, to reread the “ghost story of Christmas” and watch its many film and play productions? What is the fascination? Did people not “get it” the first time, 或者 fifth time, 或者 twentieth time? 或者 is it, simply, that people are yearly drawn to old 老友记 with whom they have “grown up”, and who have witnessed their “growing up”; 老友记 like Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, old Fezziwig, the ghosts of 圣诞节 past, present, and future, and, of course, Ebenezer Scrooge. Are people not...
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