He died on Christmas Eve seven years prior to the story being told. - Its impossible to give apage number as book layouts and version vary but it will be found in Stave one - Reference to Marley dying is made to the two businessmen seeking a charitable donation from Scrooge
Jacob Marley died on Christmas Eve seven years ago and it is mentioned on page 15 of the book "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol
Jacob Marley was Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." He was the very first ghostly visitor to Scrooge on Christmas Eve to tell Scrooge that he would be visited by three other spirits that night. The opening sentences of the book are "Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that."
In Charles Dickens' book "A Christmas Carol", it is not stated just how Scrooge's business partner, Jacob Marley died. All that is known is that he died seven years prior to the events of the story.
It commences in Stave one, page one
The ghost of Scrooge's former business partner, Jacob Marley, visits Scrooge in Stave 1 of "A Christmas Carol." Marley warns Scrooge about the consequences of his selfish and greedy ways.
They started ringing by themselves. It was basically to show that the ghost of Jacob Marley was about to appear.
In the play, film tv , radio versions and original book the business partner was Jacob Marley
Jacob Marley died seven years prior to the start of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," which was published in 1843.
In "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, the ledger is a book that Jacob Marley, protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge's deceased business partner, is condemned to carry for eternity, filled with records of his selfish and greedy actions during his life. It symbolizes Marley's burden of guilt and regret for his past deeds.
The opening scene is at the offices of his solicitor signing the death certificate for Marley
In Charles Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol," Jacob Marley died seven years prior to the events of the story. His ghost appears to Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve to warn him of the consequences of his miserly ways.
In the book " A Christmas Carol " scrooge sees the face of his old friend named Marley. I am not sure if this will help but I do recall that Marley has chains.