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  1. A Christmas Coral: Great Books That Never Were 🪸

    A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is a famous Charles Dickens novella from 1843. It is not as good as the Muppet Christmas Carol special film (1992) of the same work (the one with Michael Caine in it).

    However, better yet is the 1991 classic A Christmas Coral by novelist Dick Charles. This was his last work he ever had published, for he was abducted by aliens in 1993 and hasn’t been heard from since. Thus, this beautiful book is a testament to his existence prior to abandoning life on Earth.

    Just Keep Swimming in A Christmas Coral

    “It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour. Oh, except whooping cough syndrome. That’s pretty contagious…”

    The story follows the life of Ebenezer Scurvy in 1762, a pirate whom is a bit of a miserable prick. However, when he’s mercilessly attacked by a great white shark the blood loss leads to him viewing the world in a more upbeat way.

    As he floats about in the ocean with a limb missing, he recalls his life in a series of hallucinations. The chapters go like this:

    1. Prologue
    2. Birth
    3. Childhood
    4. Formative years at Yarr University
    5. SHIVER ME TIMBERS!!!
    6. Recession
    7. More recession
    8. Plague outbreak
    9. Scurvy outbreak
    10. Pirating years
    11. Shark attack and limb loss
    12. Further pontifications
    13. Death and absorption by the ocean
    14. Epilogue

    A Christmas Coral is notorious for its tediousness. The work is 1,100 pages and rambles a fair bit. It also makes references to more modern life, which is somewhat anachronistic given the work is supposed to be set in 1762.

    “For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself. And if you’re unaware about that reference, I’m on about Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone.”

    Many literary critics were at pains to point out Macaulay Culkin could not possibly have starred in Home Alone circa 1762 as:

    • Macaulay Culkin wasn’t alive
    • Cinema didn’t exist

    To set the record straight on this matter, Professional Moron reached out via telepathy to Dick Charles for a comment. He declined to comment. As such, his legacy is in ruins and this book is stupid woopid.

    Addendum Thesis: Is The Christmas Coral Even Related to Christmas in Any Way?

    We’re ending this review on a mini-dissertation, for there’s much scholarly musing over whether A Christmas Coral is, indeed, a work of Xmas-related literature. There are three core postulations:

    1. Yes, it is
    2. No, it is not
    3. Maybe

    Compelling arguments, all, but we tend to side on the front of “maybe” as it’s the most apathetic. Yet, on reflection, we feel we may change our stance to “yes” as that’s the most nonsensical, but plausible.

    We mean, it’s there in the title: A Christmas Coral.

    The work may not go on to have anything to do about Christmas, or corals for that matter, but it’s there in the name and, therefore, that is a convincing argument (if one a tad childlike in its reasoning). Plus, the book references Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone and that’s about as Xmas as it gets, eh?

    #AChristmasCarol #AChristmasCoral #Books #CharlesDickens #coral #Humor #Lifestyle #Literature #Pirates #Reading #Satire #satirical #Sea #Silly
  2. A Christmas Coral: Great Books That Never Were 🪸

    A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is a famous Charles Dickens novella from 1843. It is not as good as the Muppet Christmas Carol special film (1992) of the same work (the one with Michael Caine in it).

    However, better yet is the 1991 classic A Christmas Coral by novelist Dick Charles. This was his last work he ever had published, for he was abducted by aliens in 1993 and hasn’t been heard from since. Thus, this beautiful book is a testament to his existence prior to abandoning life on Earth.

    Just Keep Swimming in A Christmas Coral

    “It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour. Oh, except whooping cough syndrome. That’s pretty contagious…”

    The story follows the life of Ebenezer Scurvy in 1762, a pirate whom is a bit of a miserable prick. However, when he’s mercilessly attacked by a great white shark the blood loss leads to him viewing the world in a more upbeat way.

    As he floats about in the ocean with a limb missing, he recalls his life in a series of hallucinations. The chapters go like this:

    1. Prologue
    2. Birth
    3. Childhood
    4. Formative years at Yarr University
    5. SHIVER ME TIMBERS!!!
    6. Recession
    7. More recession
    8. Plague outbreak
    9. Scurvy outbreak
    10. Pirating years
    11. Shark attack and limb loss
    12. Further pontifications
    13. Death and absorption by the ocean
    14. Epilogue

    A Christmas Coral is notorious for its tediousness. The work is 1,100 pages and rambles a fair bit. It also makes references to more modern life, which is somewhat anachronistic given the work is supposed to be set in 1762.

    “For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself. And if you’re unaware about that reference, I’m on about Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone.”

    Many literary critics were at pains to point out Macaulay Culkin could not possibly have starred in Home Alone circa 1762 as:

    • Macaulay Culkin wasn’t alive
    • Cinema didn’t exist

    To set the record straight on this matter, Professional Moron reached out via telepathy to Dick Charles for a comment. He declined to comment. As such, his legacy is in ruins and this book is stupid woopid.

    Addendum Thesis: Is The Christmas Carol Even Related to Christmas in Any Way?

    We’re ending this review on a mini-dissertation, for there’s much scholarly musing over whether A Christmas Carol is, indeed, a work of Xmas-related literature. There are three core postulations:

    1. Yes, it is
    2. No, it is not
    3. Maybe

    Compelling arguments, all, but we tend to side on the front of “maybe” as it’s the most apathetic. Yet, on reflection, we feel we may change our stance to “yes” as that’s the most nonsensical, but plausible.

    We mean, it’s there in the title: A Christmas Carol.

    The work may not go on to have anything to do about Christmas, or corals for that matter, but it’s there in the name and, therefore, that is a convincing argument (if one a tad childlike in its reasoning). Plus, the book references Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone and that’s about as Xmas as it gets, eh?

    #AChristmasCarol #AChristmasCoral #Books #CharlesDickens #coral #Humor #Lifestyle #Literature #Pirates #Reading #Satire #satirical #Sea #Silly
  3. A Christmas Coral: Great Books That Never Were 🪸

    A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is a famous Charles Dickens novella from 1843. It is not as good as the Muppet Christmas Carol special film (1992) of the same work (the one with Michael Caine in it).

    However, better yet is the 1991 classic A Christmas Coral by novelist Dick Charles. This was his last work he ever had published, for he was abducted by aliens in 1993 and hasn’t been heard from since. Thus, this beautiful book is a testament to his existence prior to abandoning life on Earth.

    Just Keep Swimming in A Christmas Coral

    “It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour. Oh, except whooping cough syndrome. That’s pretty contagious…”

    The story follows the life of Ebenezer Scurvy in 1762, a pirate whom is a bit of a miserable prick. However, when he’s mercilessly attacked by a great white shark the blood loss leads to him viewing the world in a more upbeat way.

    As he floats about in the ocean with a limb missing, he recalls his life in a series of hallucinations. The chapters go like this:

    1. Prologue
    2. Birth
    3. Childhood
    4. Formative years at Yarr University
    5. SHIVER ME TIMBERS!!!
    6. Recession
    7. More recession
    8. Plague outbreak
    9. Scurvy outbreak
    10. Pirating years
    11. Shark attack and limb loss
    12. Further pontifications
    13. Death and absorption by the ocean
    14. Epilogue

    A Christmas Coral is notorious for its tediousness. The work is 1,100 pages and rambles a fair bit. It also makes references to more modern life, which is somewhat anachronistic given the work is supposed to be set in 1762.

    “For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself. And if you’re unaware about that reference, I’m on about Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone.”

    Many literary critics were at pains to point out Macaulay Culkin could not possibly have starred in Home Alone circa 1762 as:

    • Macaulay Culkin wasn’t alive
    • Cinema didn’t exist

    To set the record straight on this matter, Professional Moron reached out via telepathy to Dick Charles for a comment. He declined to comment. As such, his legacy is in ruins and this book is stupid woopid.

    Addendum Thesis: Is The Christmas Coral Even Related to Christmas in Any Way?

    We’re ending this review on a mini-dissertation, for there’s much scholarly musing over whether A Christmas Coral is, indeed, a work of Xmas-related literature. There are three core postulations:

    1. Yes, it is
    2. No, it is not
    3. Maybe

    Compelling arguments, all, but we tend to side on the front of “maybe” as it’s the most apathetic. Yet, on reflection, we feel we may change our stance to “yes” as that’s the most nonsensical, but plausible.

    We mean, it’s there in the title: A Christmas Coral.

    The work may not go on to have anything to do about Christmas, or corals for that matter, but it’s there in the name and, therefore, that is a convincing argument (if one a tad childlike in its reasoning). Plus, the book references Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone and that’s about as Xmas as it gets, eh?

    #AChristmasCarol #AChristmasCoral #Books #CharlesDickens #coral #Humor #Lifestyle #Literature #Pirates #Reading #Satire #satirical #Sea #Silly
  4. ‘Armed with a hamper from Fortnum & Mason’: on holiday with Charles Dickens
    By Caroline Davies

    Exhibition at Charles Dickens Museum in London looks at writer’s holiday pursuits, from Kent to the Isle of Wight

    theguardian.com/books/2026/aug

    #CharlesDickens #Books #Exhibitions #Culture #Artanddesign #London #Kent #IsleofWight #Travel #TheGuardian #CarolineDavies

  5. ‘Armed with a hamper from Fortnum & Mason’: on holiday with Charles Dickens
    By Caroline Davies

    Exhibition at Charles Dickens Museum in London looks at writer’s holiday pursuits, from Kent to the Isle of Wight

    theguardian.com/books/2026/aug

    #CharlesDickens #Books #Exhibitions #Culture #Artanddesign #London #Kent #IsleofWight #Travel #TheGuardian #CarolineDavies

  6. ‘Armed with a hamper from Fortnum & Mason’: on holiday with Charles Dickens
    By Caroline Davies

    Exhibition at Charles Dickens Museum in London looks at writer’s holiday pursuits, from Kent to the Isle of Wight

    theguardian.com/books/2026/aug

    #CharlesDickens #Books #Exhibitions #Culture #Artanddesign #London #Kent #IsleofWight #Travel #TheGuardian #CarolineDavies

  7. #YukioMishima on vanhastaankin lempikirjailijoitani. Jostakin syystä moni kirjallisuuden lempparini on kaukana oikealla, vaikka itse olen niin vasemmalla kuin pelilaudalla pääsee. Eilen ei #VinhanKirjakauppa kuitenkaan vielä tarjonnut ”uutta” Mishimaa. Ostin toisia lemppareita, #JorgeLuisBorges'ia ja #CharlesDickens'iä. Kyllä, kulutan klassikoita. #kirjallisuus
    yle.fi/a/74-20223127

  8. #YukioMishima on vanhastaankin lempikirjailijoitani. Jostakin syystä moni kirjallisuuden lempparini on kaukana oikealla, vaikka itse olen niin vasemmalla kuin pelilaudalla pääsee. Eilen ei #VinhanKirjakauppa kuitenkaan vielä tarjonnut ”uutta” Mishimaa. Ostin toisia lemppareita, #JorgeLuisBorges'ia ja #CharlesDickens'iä. Kyllä, kulutan klassikoita. #kirjallisuus
    yle.fi/a/74-20223127

  9. #YukioMishima on vanhastaankin lempikirjailijoitani. Jostakin syystä moni kirjallisuuden lempparini on kaukana oikealla, vaikka itse olen niin vasemmalla kuin pelilaudalla pääsee. Eilen ei #VinhanKirjakauppa kuitenkaan vielä tarjonnut ”uutta” Mishimaa. Ostin toisia lemppareita, #JorgeLuisBorges'ia ja #CharlesDickens'iä. Kyllä, kulutan klassikoita. #kirjallisuus
    yle.fi/a/74-20223127

  10. #YukioMishima on vanhastaankin lempikirjailijoitani. Jostakin syystä moni kirjallisuuden lempparini on kaukana oikealla, vaikka itse olen niin vasemmalla kuin pelilaudalla pääsee. Eilen ei #VinhanKirjakauppa kuitenkaan vielä tarjonnut ”uutta” Mishimaa. Ostin toisia lemppareita, #JorgeLuisBorges'ia ja #CharlesDickens'iä. Kyllä, kulutan klassikoita. #kirjallisuus
    yle.fi/a/74-20223127

  11. #YukioMishima on vanhastaankin lempikirjailijoitani. Jostakin syystä moni kirjallisuuden lempparini on kaukana oikealla, vaikka itse olen niin vasemmalla kuin pelilaudalla pääsee. Eilen ei #VinhanKirjakauppa kuitenkaan vielä tarjonnut ”uutta” Mishimaa. Ostin toisia lemppareita, #JorgeLuisBorges'ia ja #CharlesDickens'iä. Kyllä, kulutan klassikoita. #kirjallisuus
    yle.fi/a/74-20223127

  12. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson

    Artful and insightful—an accompanying character study and prequel to a timeless classic
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #ChristmasFiction #indieauthor #indiebookreview

  13. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson

    Artful and insightful—an accompanying character study and prequel to a timeless classic
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #ChristmasFiction #indieauthor #indiebookreview

  14. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson

    Artful and insightful—an accompanying character study and prequel to a timeless classic
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #ChristmasFiction #indieauthor #indiebookreview

  15. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson

    Artful and insightful—an accompanying character study and prequel to a timeless classic
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #ChristmasFiction #indieauthor #indiebookreview

  16. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson

    Artful and insightful—an accompanying character study and prequel to a timeless classic
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #ChristmasFiction #indieauthor #indiebookreview

  17. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson

    Artful and insightful—an accompanying character study and prequel to a timeless classic
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #ChristmasFiction #indieauthor #indiebookreview

  18. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson

    Artful and insightful—an accompanying character study and prequel to a timeless classic
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #ChristmasFiction #indieauthor #indiebookreview

  19. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson

    Artful and insightful—an accompanying character study and prequel to a timeless classic
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #ChristmasFiction #indieauthor #indiebookreview

  20. The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson

    A richly imagined Dickensian prequel that breathes luminous life into the Ghost of Christmas Present—and the generous soul who became him.
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #holidayfiction #LiteraryAndGeneralFiction #ScottAJohnson

  21. The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson

    A richly imagined Dickensian prequel that breathes luminous life into the Ghost of Christmas Present—and the generous soul who became him.
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #holidayfiction #LiteraryAndGeneralFiction #ScottAJohnson

  22. The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson

    A richly imagined Dickensian prequel that breathes luminous life into the Ghost of Christmas Present—and the generous soul who became him.
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #holidayfiction #LiteraryAndGeneralFiction #ScottAJohnson

  23. The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson

    A richly imagined Dickensian prequel that breathes luminous life into the Ghost of Christmas Present—and the generous soul who became him.
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #holidayfiction #LiteraryAndGeneralFiction #ScottAJohnson

  24. The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson

    A richly imagined Dickensian prequel that breathes luminous life into the Ghost of Christmas Present—and the generous soul who became him.
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #holidayfiction #LiteraryAndGeneralFiction #ScottAJohnson

  25. The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson

    A richly imagined Dickensian prequel that breathes luminous life into the Ghost of Christmas Present—and the generous soul who became him.
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #holidayfiction #LiteraryAndGeneralFiction #ScottAJohnson

  26. The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson

    A richly imagined Dickensian prequel that breathes luminous life into the Ghost of Christmas Present—and the generous soul who became him.
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #holidayfiction #LiteraryAndGeneralFiction #ScottAJohnson

  27. The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson

    A richly imagined Dickensian prequel that breathes luminous life into the Ghost of Christmas Present—and the generous soul who became him.
    The post The Ghost of Christmas Present by Scott A. Johnson appeared first on Independent Book Review.
    independentbookreview.com/2026

    #bookreview #charlesdickens #holidayfiction #LiteraryAndGeneralFiction #ScottAJohnson

  28. Johnny Depp is playing Scrooge? I am not here for his big Hollywood comeback
    By Stuart Heritage

    ‘It’s good to be back,’ says the actor in a new trailer for the forthcoming Ebenezer. Has everyone forgotten about the ghosts of his past?

    theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/

    #JohnnyDepp #Film #Culture #Familyfilms #AmberHeard #ComicCon #CharlesDickens #TheGuardian #StuartHeritage

  29. Johnny Depp is playing Scrooge? I am not here for his big Hollywood comeback
    By Stuart Heritage

    ‘It’s good to be back,’ says the actor in a new trailer for the forthcoming Ebenezer. Has everyone forgotten about the ghosts of his past?

    theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/

    #JohnnyDepp #Film #Culture #Familyfilms #AmberHeard #ComicCon #CharlesDickens #TheGuardian #StuartHeritage

  30. 📖 Bastille Day Read: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

    "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Dickens' sweeping novel of the French Revolution follows lives caught between London and Paris during history's most tumultuous era. A story of love, sacrifice, and redemption with one of literature's greatest openings.

    Read for free in BookShelves:
    lk0.eu/bks21m

    #Bookstodon #FediReads #FreeBooks #Classics #BookShelves #BastilleDay #CharlesDickens #literature

  31. 📖 Bastille Day Read: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

    "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Dickens' sweeping novel of the French Revolution follows lives caught between London and Paris during history's most tumultuous era. A story of love, sacrifice, and redemption with one of literature's greatest openings.

    Read for free in BookShelves:
    lk0.eu/bks21m

    #Bookstodon #FediReads #FreeBooks #Classics #BookShelves #BastilleDay #CharlesDickens #literature

  32. 📖 Bastille Day Read: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

    "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Dickens' sweeping novel of the French Revolution follows lives caught between London and Paris during history's most tumultuous era. A story of love, sacrifice, and redemption with one of literature's greatest openings.

    Read for free in BookShelves:
    lk0.eu/bks21m

    #Bookstodon #FediReads #FreeBooks #Classics #BookShelves #BastilleDay #CharlesDickens #literature

  33. 📖 Bastille Day Read: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

    "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Dickens' sweeping novel of the French Revolution follows lives caught between London and Paris during history's most tumultuous era. A story of love, sacrifice, and redemption with one of literature's greatest openings.

    Read for free in BookShelves:
    lk0.eu/bks21m

    #Bookstodon #FediReads #FreeBooks #Classics #BookShelves #BastilleDay #CharlesDickens #literature

  34. 📖 Bastille Day Read: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

    "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Dickens' sweeping novel of the French Revolution follows lives caught between London and Paris during history's most tumultuous era. A story of love, sacrifice, and redemption with one of literature's greatest openings.

    Read for free in BookShelves:
    lk0.eu/bks21m

    #Bookstodon #FediReads #FreeBooks #Classics #BookShelves #BastilleDay #CharlesDickens #literature

  35. Historic Sam Smith’s pub home to the longest bar in Britain that serves pub classics

    You do not have to stay in Yorkshire to enjoy a Sam Smith’s pub, with many found in…
    #EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #CharlesDickens #CittieofYorke #DavidCopperfield #Gray’sInn #London #Londonstreets #SamSmith #SamuelSmithOldBrewery
    europesays.com/britain/81165/