Dickens' Kin To Read From 'A Christmas Carol' in Westfield

WESTFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The great, great grandson of literary master Charles Dickens will do a reading from the author's book "A Christmas Carol" in Westfield.

Gerald Charles Dickens will perform two shows at The Episcopal Church of the Atonement in downtown Westfield on Sunday.

Event organizers say the actor and producer from Oxford, England, depicts 26 characters from the tale during his one-man show.

It tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miser transformed into a joyous soul after a Christmas Eve encounter with three ghosts.

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