{"id":5067,"date":"2014-12-24T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.findit.lu\/?p=5067"},"modified":"2014-12-24T15:20:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T14:20:33","slug":"ebook-advent-calendar-day-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.consortium.lu\/?p=5067","title":{"rendered":"ebook advent calendar: day 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a Christmas classic being the last window of our advent calender the findit.lu team wishes everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4855\" alt=\"By petercui (Bide Cui) ([1]) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons\" src=\"https:\/\/www.consortium.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Christmas_ball_icon_1.png\" width=\"185\" height=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"A Christmas Carol\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a-z.lu\/BIBNET:SFX_LOCAL3230000000211992\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5074\" alt=\"A christmas carol\" src=\"https:\/\/www.consortium.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/24_christmas-carol.png\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>24 December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Charles Dickens on Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Dickens\" target=\"_blank\"><em>by Charles Dickens<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scrooge was a foul old man who wrapped his cold, uncaring heart in chains. Chains of greed. Bigotry. Contempt. Apathy. Selfishness. He detested the world, and was alone. Until the night his long-dead partner Marley appeared.<\/p>\n<p>A hideous spectre forced to walk the earth forever, Marley was damned. As Scrooge would be&#8230;unless he agrees to face three ghosts. One would take Scrooge back to the memories he&#8217;d buried. One would show Scrooge the world of joy and friendship he&#8217;d rejected. One would force Scrooge into the dreadful shadow of the future he&#8217;d forged.<\/p>\n<p>Three ghosts of Christmas. Of Christmas Past. Of Christmas Present. Of Christmas Yet to Come. All offering Scrooge a single gift&#8211;<i>a chance<\/i>.<br \/>\nA last chance to give love.<br \/>\nA last chance to join life.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A Christmas Carol\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a-z.lu\/BIBNET:SFX_LOCAL3230000000211992\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Access ebook<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you prefer to watch the movie one of film adaptions, we recommend visiting the M\u00e9diath\u00e8que at the National Library: <a title=\"Christmas Carol DVD on a-z.lu\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a-z.lu\/primo_library\/libweb\/action\/search.do?ct=facet&amp;fctN=facet_rtype&amp;fctV=bnl_dvd_video&amp;rfnGrp=1&amp;rfnGrpCounter=1&amp;dscnt=0&amp;vl%281UI0%29=contains&amp;scp.scps=scope%3A%28BIBNET%29&amp;frbg=&amp;tab=global_search&amp;dstmp=1418911430351&amp;srt=rank&amp;ct=search&amp;mode=Basic&amp;&amp;dum=true&amp;indx=1&amp;vl%2829794253UI0%29=any&amp;vl%28freeText0%29=christmas%20carol%20dickens&amp;fn=search&amp;vid=BIBNET\" target=\"_blank\">Loan DVD \u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"ebook advent calendar 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consortium.lu\/?page_id=4833\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Previous ebooks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a Christmas classic being the last window of our advent calender the findit.lu team wishes everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 24 December A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Scrooge was a foul old man who wrapped his cold, uncaring heart in chains. 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