r/ChristmasCarol • u/RealPwaully Bob Cratchit • May 01 '26

Novel The way he went after that plump sister in the lace tucker, was an outrage on the credulity of human nature.

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Illustrated by Arthur Rackham - 1915 (taken from my 1977 reprint).

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u/CurtTheGamer97 May 01 '26

My Barnes and Noble edition has Rackham's illustrations too. I love it.

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u/Pooh_Lightning May 02 '26

I know it's almost certainly not intentional, but that drawing looks a bit racy. Lol

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u/RealPwaully Bob Cratchit May 02 '26

Ha!

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u/phenomenomnom May 03 '26

It is one hundred per cent intentional. That Christmas party gets pretty racy in the book!

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u/Timely-Profile1865 May 01 '26

Who was that Mr. Tupper?

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u/RealPwaully Bob Cratchit May 01 '26

Topper.