Magic lanterns were early slide projectors and offered visual entertainment way before movies and TV. As such, they were popular for a long time, but today are just curious artifacts.
Here's an example of one of the contraptions used to show the slides:
The works of Charles Dickens being so popular, it's not surprising that there were several sets of slides for the lanterns based on said works.
Which brings us to this set of 12 slides from sometime in the past (who knows when?):
The art is so primitive that it absolutely fascinates me!
The scene selection is interesting, as there are only 12 slides to illustrate the story and we get the rare depiction of activity in the city (Slide 2) and the lighthouse keepers (Slide 8).
What I don't quite get, however, is what's going on in Slide 9. It appears to show an aged Ghost of Christmas Present with two kids whom I presume are Ignorance and Want. But who's the crying woman?
Here's a snippet of what the presenter would read as the slides progress:
And for fun, here's an animation of the slides:
Old school fun!
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