{"id":775,"date":"2018-12-16T10:59:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T10:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=775"},"modified":"2018-12-16T10:59:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T10:59:43","slug":"more-than-one-story-that-begins-marley-was-dead-to-begin-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=775","title":{"rendered":"More than one story that begins Marley was dead: to begin with"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\">A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens<\/h2>\n<p><em>A Christmas Carol<\/em>\u00a0has one of the most memorable first lines of them all. It&#8217;s gloomy opening establishes the world\u00a0of the novel\u00a0and also tells the reader in no uncertain terms that one of the characters \u2013 Marley \u2013 is dead.<\/p>\n<p>The novel then shocks the reader, and the main character, Scrooge, by showing that being dead did not hinder Marley from making an appearance later in the book.<\/p>\n<p>For fans of A Christmas Carol, Q<span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\">uentin Blake&#8217;s A Christmas Carol\u00a0<\/span>would make a great Christmas present.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2SFu2sO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-777 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/51gsbafs5gl-_sl250_.jpg\" alt=\"Quentin Blake's A Christmas Carol\" width=\"196\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"title\" class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\">Dickensian<\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"title\" class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\">The series Dickensian starts with the same premise. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\">But this time, instead of Marley reappearing, the plot revolves around investigating his death.\u00a0<\/span>The questions for Inspector Bucket (and the audience) are who murdered Jacob Marley and why did they do it?<\/p>\n<h4>BBC boxed set drama<\/h4>\n<p>This drama\u00a0begins as a\u00a0murder mystery\u00a0in Victorian London.<\/p>\n<p>It expands to offer a glimpse into the backstories to the characters described in\u00a0Charles Dickens works.\u00a0 Dickens created around 989 named characters and many of them are featured in Dickensian. As well as\u00a0Inspector Bucket and Jacob Marley, there are well known characters as suspects such as Bill Sikes, Fagin, and even nice Mr Cratchit.<\/p>\n<p>A counter story running through the piece concerns Amelia Havisham. She inherits her father\u2019s estate, to the chargrin of her brother.\u00a0 And love may (or may not) be in the air for Amelia and her friend, Honoria. This part of the drama\u00a0plays out\u00a0more\u00a0like a soap opera than a murder mystery.<\/p>\n<h4>The murderer is revealed!<\/h4>\n<p>Does Inspector Bucket solve the crime? Yes, he does.<\/p>\n<p>But even when the murderer is revealed the drama continues. The plot lines for the other characters, notably that of \u00a0Miss Havisham, continue to play out.<\/p>\n<p>So who was the murderer? Now, that would be telling. To find out you\u2019ll need to watch\u00a0 the series.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B019N4K1UM\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=B019N4K1UM&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B019N4K1UM\/ref=as_li_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-260\" src=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/51h6vwjhh7l-_sl250_.jpg\" alt=\"Dickensian\" width=\"179\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dickensian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol\u00a0has one of the most memorable first lines of them all. It&#8217;s gloomy opening establishes the world\u00a0of the novel\u00a0and also tells the reader in no uncertain terms that one of the characters \u2013 Marley \u2013 is dead. The novel then shocks the reader, and the main character,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=775\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">More than one story that begins Marley was dead: to begin with<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,109],"tags":[171,172,63,66],"class_list":["post-775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-murder-mystery","category-murder-mystery-film","tag-a-christmas-carol","tag-charles-dickens","tag-dickensian","tag-marley"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>More than one story that begins Marley was dead: to begin with - Solve The Murder<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=775\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More than one story that begins Marley was dead: to begin with - Solve The Murder\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol\u00a0has one of the most memorable first lines of them all. 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