Bonus festive episode: Jane reads A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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This bonus episode has nothing to do with plants! It’s just a bit of fun. I read an abridged version of the classic Christmas story, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. I hope it’ll be a relaxing listen, but if you’re just here for the houseplants, check out my back catalogue of more than 160 planty episodes. I’ll be back with a new episode on January 15 2021.
Some notes on this episode…
If you’re interested in reading along, you can find the text of A Christmas Carol online in many places including here.
If you’re interested in Dickens, there is a short biography on the British Library website.
Interested in the origins of A Christmas Carol? There’s a good piece in Time about the political issues that inspired this story, and another on the BBC website.
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CREDITS
This week's show featured the tracks P. I. Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Kevin MacLeod and Holiday Gift by Kai Engel.
Logo design by Jacqueline Colley.