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GCSE English Literature · key term
An office where a business’s accounts and correspondence are dealt with.
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Paper 1
An office where a business keeps its accounts and conducts financial work.
Revise: Stave OneA counting-house is a business office where accounts are kept. Here, Scrooge controls both money and the conditions in which his clerk, Bob Cratchit, works. Scrooge’s fire is small, but Bob’s is so much smaller that it resembles a single coal.
Paper 2
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On Christmas Eve, Scrooge works in his cold counting-house with his poorly paid clerk, Bob Cratchit. He rejects his nephew Fred’s invitation to Christmas dinner and refuses to donate to help poor people. His statement to the charity collectors, “I wish to be left alone”, sums up his determination to avoid responsibility for others.
An office where a business keeps accounts and handles its financial affairs.
Component 2
A business office where accounts and correspondence were handled.
Revise: Stave OneThe thick fog obscures the houses opposite the counting-house, helping create uncertainty and preparing for the supernatural events later that evening. It can also suggest Scrooge’s limited moral vision: he does not clearly recognise the needs of people around him.
