John Leech illustration depicting Marley's ghost appearing to a postprandial Scrooge, from A Christmas Carol in Prose by Charles Dickens, 1843.

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Marley's Ghost Appearing to a Postprandial Scrooge

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Date

1843

From

A Christmas Carol in Prose


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Public Domain Worldwide

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