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Christmas Carol (by Charles Dickens) app review: the classic tale

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Introduction

Just in time for the holidays you can download a classic tale for free for a very limited time only. The Christmas Carol (by Charles Dickens) app brings the classic book to your mobile device so you can enjoy it anytime you like. This book can be enjoyed by adults and kids and is perfect at this time of year as the tale happens during Christmas time. While the majority of people are familiar with this piece it’s still a great way to enjoy it.

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Christmas Carol (by Charles Dickens)

Free

Enjoy a Classic Tale

With this app you will be able to read the classic tale in all its’ entirety. The developer suggests this can even act as a great introduction to Dickens as well as Victorian writers as a whole. You will notice the language is different with words you probably aren’t familiar with. The language is incredibly descriptive, something that often falls by the wayside nowadays. It’s a step back into time and a beautiful one at that.

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You can read the story in landscape or portrait mode and it offers full screen reading mode so it feels as though you're really holding the book. You don't have to remember where you leave off each time as the app does that for you remembering the exact scroll position you finished at.

 

Additional Features

To make the reading experience that much more enjoyable there are a number of added features here including being able to change the font size, color, texture, and background color. While reading you can tap the page up and down and swipe to flip the page. For ease of use there is a quick scrolling navigation feature that lets you move through chapters to get an overview of the content.

What's interesting is that this app hasn't been updated since 2009. Clearly apps have come a long way since then yet this app doesn't seem to suffer in the least. It still enjoys a four out of five star rating despite not being updated in over four years. I think the reason is that the tale is classic no matter what, it’s not about features, tools, and functions it’s about the story itself.

When you enter the app the first time you are given a brief tutorial of how to use it and at any time you can refer back to these instructions. They really aren’t needed though as everything here is user-friendly and self-explanatory.

 

Christmas Carol (by Charles Dickens)

Free

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • User-friendly features and tools
  • The app automatically remembers where you leave off right down to the exact scroll position
  • Read in portrait or landscape mode
  • Supports full screen reading mode
  • Adjust the font size, color, and texture

 

Cons

  • There is a definite lack of features here perhaps just a few added ones would be nice to add to the ease-of-use

 

Final Words

The Christmas Carol (by Charles Dickens) is a classic Christmas tale every adult and child should enjoy. This is a great way to usher in the holiday season.

Christmas Carol (by Charles Dickens)

Free
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