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A review by shimmikelly
The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton by Charles Dickens
3.0
This is the precursor to A Christmas Carol! Dickens seems to love the “bah humbug” to changed man pipeline.
It’s not a full-fledged story, just a simple one, but I like it. The writing is great, of course, and the ending is sweet.
“this story has at least one moral, if it teach no better one—and that is, that if a man turns sulky and drinks by himself at Christmas time… let the spirits be ever so good… as those which Gabriel Grub saw, in the goblin’s tavern.”
It’s not a full-fledged story, just a simple one, but I like it. The writing is great, of course, and the ending is sweet.
“this story has at least one moral, if it teach no better one—and that is, that if a man turns sulky and drinks by himself at Christmas time… let the spirits be ever so good… as those which Gabriel Grub saw, in the goblin’s tavern.”