A novella that remains popular —having never been out of print— and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. It tells the story of bitter and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation resulting from supernatural visits by Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. A Christmas Carol remains popular—having never been out of print—and has been adapted many times to film, stage, opera, and other media. This is a bilingual (English - German) parallel texts dual language easy reader edition. German easy readers: If you are learning or improving your German or English as second language, grab this bilingual edition. An easy to read paragraph by paragraph English-German parallel text version. Original work by Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" was published in 1843. Translation has been made in 1844 by Edward Aubrey Moriarty.