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English: A Christmas Carol - 1st Ed - Printed in Gregg Shorthand (1918) Sample of text from the book, original description below:
  • Here is the first Gregg Shorthand version of A Christmas Carol. It was published in 1918. It matches the 1916 Gregg Shorthand Manual. The same plates by Winifred Kenna were used in "Short Classics in Shorthand" (1927), which featured five short novels. This version is heavily abridged, including shorthand for approximately 20% of the English novel.
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Source Archive.org, https://archive.org/stream/AChristmasCarol-PrintedInGreggShorthand/XmasCarolPA1916_Pub1918#page/n33/mode/2up
Author Charles Dickens for the original text, plates by Winifred Kenna
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torch, for once or twice when there were angry words between some dinner-carriers who had jostled each other, he shed a few drops of water on them from it, and their good humour was restored directly. For they said, it was a shame to quarrel upon Christmas Day. And so it was! God love it, so it was! “Is there a peculiar flavour in what you sprinkle from your torch.” asked Scrooge. “There is. My own.” “Would it apply to any kind of dinner on this day?” asked Scrooge. “To any kindly given. To a poor one most.” “Why to a poor one most?” asked Scrooge. “Because it needs it most.” It was a remarkable quality Ghost (which Scrooge had observed at the baker's), that notwithstanding his gigantic size, he could accommodate himself to any place with ease; and that he stood beneath a low roof quite as gracefully and like a supernatural creature, as it was possible he could have done in any lofty hall. And perhaps it was the pleasure the good Spirit had in showing off this power of his, or else it was his own kind, generous, hearty nature, and his sympathy with all poor men, that led him straight to Scrooge's clerk's; for there he went, and took Scrooge with him, holding to his robe; and on the threshold door the Spirit smiled, and stopped to bless Bob Cratchit's dwelling with the sprinkling of his torch. Then up rose Mrs. Cratchit (Cratchit's wife) dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown, but brave in ribbons, which are cheap and make a goodly show for sixpence (English)

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