13 Facts About Ebenezer Scrooge

Ebenezer Scrooge is the protagonist of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol.

At the beginning of the novella, Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas.

Ebenezer Scrooge refuses his nephew Fred's invitation to Christmas dinner and denounces him as a fool for celebrating Christmas.

Night, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by Marley's ghost, who is condemned to walk the world forever bound in chains as punishment for his greed and inhumanity in life.

Ebenezer Scrooge is then visited by the first spirit, The Ghost of Christmas Past, who shows Ebenezer Scrooge visions of his early life.

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Ebenezer Scrooge then apprenticed at the warehouse of a jovial and generous master, Mr Fezziwig.

Ebenezer Scrooge fell in love with a young woman named Belle and proposed marriage, but gradually his love for Belle was overwhelmed by his love for money.

The present-day Ebenezer Scrooge reacts to these memories with a mixture of nostalgia and deep regret.

Ebenezer Scrooge asks this spirit if this future can still be changed, but the spirit does not reply.

Ebenezer Scrooge then begs this spirit for another chance, promising to change his ways – and wakes up in his bed on Christmas Day.

Overjoyed, Ebenezer Scrooge commits to being more generous and compassionate; he accepts his nephew's invitation to Christmas dinner, provides for Cratchit and his family, and donates to the charity fund.

Ebenezer Scrooge was buried in Canongate Kirkyard, with a gravestone that is lost.

Peter Ackroyd, Dickens's biographer, sees similarities between Ebenezer Scrooge and the title character of Martin Chuzzlewit, although the latter is "a more fantastic image" than the former; Ackroyd observes that Chuzzlewit's transformation to a charitable man is parallel to that of Ebenezer Scrooge.