They are business partners.
They served as apprentices together and later started their own business togther
Marley is the deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol". Marley comes back as a ghost to warn Scrooge about his miserly ways and the consequences in the afterlife.
Uncertainty and disbelief
Jacob Marley is Scrooge's best friend.
Ebenezer Scrooge's deceased business partner in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was Jacob Marley. Jacob Marley appears as a ghost to warn Scrooge about the consequences of his selfish ways.
Jacob Marley
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."
Marley warned Scrooge to change his miserly ways.
Jacob Marley
The face of Jacob Marley appears in Scrooge's door knocker in "A Christmas Carol." Marley, Scrooge's former business partner, serves as a warning to Scrooge about the consequences of his life choices.
Scrooge's dead business partner in "A Christmas Carol" is Jacob Marley. He appears as a ghost to warn Scrooge about his fate if he does not change his ways.
Scrooge worked for Fezziwig when he was young, but his business partner was Jacob Marley.