First published in 1843, Charles Dickens&#39; work &#39;A Christmas Carol&#39;&#39; (in full <i>&quot;A Christmas Carol, in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas&quot;</i>)&nbsp;is probably his most well-known and beloved piece. The story, suddenly conceived and written in a few weeks, is one of the outstanding Christmas stories of modern literature. Each year during the Christmas season, this famous story is revived again and again.&nbsp;<br /><br />This short tale takes place on Christmas Eve when Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three spirits. Scrooge&#39;s name has become synonymous with not only greed but a hatred of Christmas cheer. He&#39;s portrayed at the start of the show as a man who only cares for money. His business partner Jacob Marley died years earlier and the closest things to a friend he has is his employee Bob Cratchit. Even though his nephew invites him to Christmas dinner, Scrooge refuses, preferring to be alone. &nbsp;<br />That night Scrooge is visited by the ghost of Marley who warns him that he will be visited by three spirits.&nbsp;<br />The first is the ghost of Christmas past who takes Scrooge on a journey through the Christmas&#39;s of his childhood. Scrooge is reminded of how much fun he had during those years.&nbsp;<br />The second spirit is the ghost of Christmas Present, who takes Scrooge on a tour of his nephew and Bob Cratchit&#39;s holiday. We learn that Bob has a sickly son named Tiny Tim and that Scrooge pays him so little the Cratchit family lives in near poverty.<br />When the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come arrives things take a bleak turn. Scrooge is shown his lonely and miserable death so he changes his ways and becomes a charitable person.