A Christmas Carol. Poster of the 1977 movie and cover of the 1843 book
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843
movie vs book
Moira Armstrong, 1977

On Christmas Eve in London, Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly moneylender at a counting house, does not share the merriment of Christmas. In his house, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns Scrooge to repent or be condemned in the afterlife like he was, informing him that three spirits will visit him during the night.


The Old Curiosity Shop. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1840 book
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The Old Curiosity Shop
Charles Dickens, 1840
movie vs book
Brian Percival, 2007

Nell Trent lives with her grandfather, the proprietor of the Old Curiosity Shop. Grandfather has a disquieting secret, a gambling addiction fed by high-interest loans from the bully Daniel Quilp. The villainous Quilp wants to get possession of the shop, and Nell. In league with his lawyer Samson Brass and Samson’s sister Sally, Quilp seizes Grandfather’s assets.