Charles John Huffam Dickens 

(7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870)

was the most popular English novelist

of theVictorian era.

A Christmas Carol  is a novella 

by English author Charles Dickens

first published by Chapman & Hall 

on 17 December 1843

First edition cover

The story tells of sour and stingy 

Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological,

ethical, and emotional transformation

after the supernatural visitations

of Jacob Marley

and the Ghost of Christmas Past

Ghost of Christmas Present

Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

He never had any more conversations with spirits,         but kept Christmas cheerfully,and lived a happy life.

He became as good a friend,employer and man,as anyone in London or in the world.

Dickens' sources for the tale appear to be many and varied but are principally the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor, and various Christmas stories and fairy tales.

Dickens began to writeA Christmas Carol 

in October 1843, and completed the bookin six weeks.

The book received immediate critical acclaim.

London literary magazine the Athenaeum declared it, "A tale to make the reader laugh and cry—to open his hands, and open his heart to charity even toward the uncharitable

Dickens wrote in the wake of British government changes to the welfare system known as the Poor Laws, changes which required among other things, welfare applicants to "work" on treadmills.

“A Christmas Carol” – this is a very interesting novella!!!

Charles Dickens

died on June 9th, 1870

is buried in Poets Corner in Westminster Abbey, London.

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