I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.

Their faithful Friend and Servant,

C. D. December, 1843.

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• Preface
• Stave I: Marley's Ghost
• Stave II: The First Of The Three Spirits
• Stave III: The Second Of The Three Spirits
• Stave IV: The Last Of The Spirits
• Stave V: The End Of It
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• Short Summary
• Full Summary and Analysis
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• Summary and Analysis of Stave Three
• Summary and Analysis of Stave Four
• Summary and Analysis of Stave Five
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