Bob Cratchit
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Bob Cratchit is a fictional character in the classic story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Although a central figure of the tale, his passive character is overshadowed by that of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Cratchit is Scrooge's employee, a low-paid clerk with a large family. Though he is treated poorly by Scrooge, Cratchit retains a loyalty to his boss despite the protestations of his wife. His youngest son, Tiny Tim, is crippled, and it is partly through concern for his plight that Scrooge makes the transformation from miser to philanthropist.
The name Cratchit is rooted in the word creche, which is a nativity scene or manger depicting the birth of Christ.
[edit] Trivia
- Bob Cratchit has been portrayed (live action or voiced) by David Collings, Wayne Allwine, David Warner, Steve Whitmire, Richard E. Grant, and David Dickens
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Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- A Christmas Carol, available freely at Project Gutenberg
- A Christmas Carol - in easy to read HTML format.
- A Christmas Carol - Searchable, HTML-indexed version.
- A Christmas Carol - In Prose - A Ghost Story of Christmas (with illustrations) - Special Collections, University of Glasgow
