The Muppet Christmas Carol. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1843 book, A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843
movie vs book
Brian Henson, 1992

On Christmas Eve, in 19th century London, Charles Dickens and his friend Rizzo act as narrators throughout the film. His loyal employee Bob Cratchit and the other bookkeepers request to have Christmas Day off since there will be no business for Scrooge on the day, to which he reluctantly agrees.


David Copperfield. Poster of the 1999 TV series and cover of the 1850 book
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David Copperfield
Charles Dickens, 1850
TV series vs book
Simon Curtis, 1999

The story follows the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David was born in Blunderstone, Suffolk, England, six months after the death of his father. David spends his early years in relative happiness with his loving, childish mother and their kindly housekeeper, Clara Peggotty. They call him Davy. When he is seven years old his mother marries Edward Murdstone.


Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol. Poster of the 1962 movie and cover of the 1843 book, A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843
movie vs book
Abe Levitow, 1962

Mr. Magoo is heading to a theater on Broadway, where he is starring as Ebenezer Scrooge in a musical production based on A Christmas Carol. Scrooge goes home and gets ready for bed, but is visited by the ghost of his business partner Jacob Marley, who has been dead for seven years.


Great Expectations. Poster of the 1989 TV series and cover of the 1861 book
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Great Expectations
Charles Dickens, 1861
TV series vs book
Kevin Connor, 1989

A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, Pip believes in a grand plan at the end of which he will be married to Estella.


Scrooge. Poster of the 1970 movie and cover of the 1843 book, A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843
movie vs book
Ronald Neame, 1970

On Christmas Eve, in London, 1860, Ebenezer Scrooge, a surly money-lender, does not share the merriment of Christmas. In his house, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his deceased business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife as he was, carrying a heavy chain forged by his own selfishness and greed.


A Christmas Carol. Poster of the 1938 movie and cover of the 1843 book
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843
movie vs book
Edwin L. Marin, 1938

On Christmas Eve in 19th-century London, Fred is sliding on ice on a sidewalk. He meets Peter and Tim Cratchit, sons of his uncle Ebenezer’s clerk, Bob Cratchit. When Fred reveals who he is, the boys take off in terror. After declining an invitation from his nephew to dine with him on Christmas, Scrooge rejects two gentlemen collecting money for charity.


Bleak House. Poster of the 1985 TV series and cover of the 1853 book
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Bleak House
Charles Dickens, 1853
TV series vs book
Ross Devenish, 1985

The generous John Jarndyce and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock’s past, he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever, and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.


Great Expectations. Poster of the 2011 TV series and cover of the 1861 book
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Great Expectations
Charles Dickens, 1861
TV series vs book
Brian Kirk, 2011-2012

A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, Pip believes in a grand plan at the end of which he will be married to Estella.


The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1957 book
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens, 1957
movie vs book
Stephen Whittaker, 2001

Nicholas Nickleby’s father dies unexpectedly after losing all of his money in a poor investment. Nicholas, his mother and his younger sister, Kate, are forced to give up their comfortable lifestyle in Devonshire and travel to London to seek the aid of their only relative, Nicholas’s uncle, Ralph Nickleby. Ralph, a cold and ruthless businessman, has no desire to help his destitute relations and hates Nicholas.


David Copperfield. Poster of the 1974 TV series and cover of the 1850 book
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David Copperfield
Charles Dickens, 1850
TV series vs book
Joan Craft, 1974-1975

Charles Dickens’s story of a young man’s journey to maturity. Then virtually abandoned on the streets of Victorian London, David Copperfield is flung into manhood and contends bravely with the perils of big-city corruption and vice; hardships which ultimately fuel his triumph as a talented and successful writer.


Oliver!. Poster of the 1968 movie and cover of the 1838 book, Oliver Twist
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Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens, 1838
movie vs book
Carol Reed, 1968

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Oliver is a nine-year-old orphan who’s sold to an undertaker by workhouse officials for objecting to his scant rations; he soon manages to escape from bondage and make his way to London. There he’s befriended by the precocious Artful Dodger, a pickpocket who belongs to a gang of youthful thieves run by Fagin, a veteran cutpurse.


A Christmas Carol. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1843 book
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843
movie vs book
David Hugh Jones, 1999

On Christmas Eve in 1843, Ebenezer Scrooge, a surly money-lender at a counting house for seven years after his business partner Jacob Marley passed away, does not share the merriment of Christmas. In his house, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his deceased business partner Jacob Marley, who warns him to repent his wicked ways or he will be condemned in the afterlife like he was, informing him that three spirits will visit him during the next three nights.