A Christmas Carol is a classic novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1843. It tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man who is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. Through their visits, Scrooge is shown
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Charles is a male given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form Charles of the Proto-Germanic name ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ or *karilaz, whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was Ċearl or Ċeorl, as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England.