A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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Book Reviews of A Christmas Carol
Book Review: Jonathan Winters' "A Christmas Carol" is a triumph!
Summary: 5 Stars
Jonathan Winters is a tremendously talented comedian, but he also makes an excellent well-rounded actor as this recordings demonstrates. His Scrooge is mean, troubled and seemingly irredeemable but as Mr. Winters makes his way through the story he shows us a quite complex and interesting portrait of the infamous miser. Just so you know there is a female actress to do the female parts and there is music and sound effects throughout the story to make it well paced and impossible to take your ears off of it. Although I don't want to give too much away Mr. Winters gives a Ghost Of Christmas Present with a Scottish accent! This is a wonderful way to help celebrate Christmas!
I never thought I'd find something to rival Patrick Stewart's one man show, but this is a thoroughly entertaining production especially considering the "reader" is American!
Book Review: Jonathan Winters plays it straight.
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been a huge fan of Jonathan Winters all of my life. What is surprising in this CD is that Winters remains faithful to Dicken's text. I had fully expected him to get carried away and go off on his fantastic tangents like he usually does with his own characters like Maudy Frickert or Elwood P Suggins. He doesn't.
So, for those looking for a wild and crazy version of A Christmas Carol you COULD be disapointed. However, as a dedicated Winters fan, I enjoy this recording.
Book Review: Authentic!
Summary: 5 Stars
Jonathan Winters reads from Dicken's own version written for public readings, so it moves along nicely, never dragging or labored.
You'll want to pick up several copies of this CD for friends as a welcomed Christmas surprise.
Book Review: Review of Jonathan Winters "A Christmas Carol"
Summary: 4 Stars
A very intertaining & interesting rendition of my favorite Christmas story, "A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens". I have over 30 different versions of this classic and this one is the most unique. If you are a collector of "A Christmas Carol" you need to at least take a look.Book Review: Abridged version leaves out a lot
Summary: 3 Stars
Jonathan Winters does a good job of narrating this Christmas classic, but the abridgment is pretty severe. Too much good stuff is left out. I prefer the unabridged Jim Dale version. My favorite is the unabridged cassette version read by Paul Scofield, but it seems to be out of print. If I could find that one on CD, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.