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Ch. 1: Marley's Ghost Segment 1 of 9
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Dickens packs A Christmas Carol with the same rhythmic, comma-heavy sentences that make his longer novels a workout, but at a fraction of the length — you can type the whole thing in a handful of sessions instead of weeks. The five staves move quickly between registers: Marley's chained, wailing dialogue, the brisk stage-direction feel of the spirit visits, and the softer, plainer sentences of the ending once Scrooge reforms. That variety keeps a short book from feeling repetitive. Names and exclamations — "Bah! Humbug!", "Tiny Tim", "Ebenezer Scrooge" — add capitalisation and punctuation practice that plain narrative text skips. At around 28,000 words, it is one of the fastest complete novels in the library to finish, and a good seasonal palate cleanser between longer projects. Progress saves automatically after every passage.
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This practice set contains 3 passages from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, split into 9 typing segments — about 725 words, roughly 18 minutes of typing at 40 WPM. Your position saves in your browser after every segment, so you can stop and resume without an account.
Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it, and Scrooge's name was good upon Change for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail. Scrooge knew he was dead? Of course he did. How could it be otherwise? They had been partners for I do not know how many years.
— A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens