Fandom number 18 -- Dickens

[rabidsamfan]

The Charwoman

There'd been a time when she would have taken the silken shirt off his back, and left him to be buried in calico, but he'd been kinder of late. There'd been a rise in her pay, and best of all a bottle of Christmas cheer each year that she could ease along till nearly Easter. Still, she was who she was, and with him gone there was no guarantee that the next master would want, or even need, the services of an old woman whose knees no longer bent to let her scrub the floors.

She took the bedcurtains anyway.

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[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Who's your favorite then?

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

George's was my favorite...until I finally saw THE film adaptation of "Scrooge" with Alistair Sims' brilliant portrayal. (You can see all the stuff the Hallmark version borrowed from that one -- and perhaps even a bit of Scott's iron-ass Scrooge in Sims' jovially cold businessman.

I'm also very fond of the musical "Scrooge!" with Albert Finney -- and the Muppet version makes me cry every time Kermit makes the speech about death (they made the film right after Jim Henson's and Brian Hunt's deaths).