He should have made the welfare of others his business.
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His name was not a nick name it was Jacob Marley. He was refered to as Marley
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.
Jacob Marley
Jacob Marley
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.
Jacob Marley
Jacob Marley
"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens begins with the line "Marley was dead, to begin with." This classic novella follows the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge after he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, on Christmas Eve.
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, Scrooge's dead business partner.
It was the same in all releases of the story It was Jacob Marley