Charles Dickens – The Christmas Books
Posted in First Editions on Dec 9th, 2007
“The One Great Christmas Myth of Modern Literature”
Drawing on his childhood memories of extreme poverty and his indignation at society’s neglect of the destitute, Charles Dickens conceived A Christmas Carol during a solitary evening walk through the streets of Manchester in October 1843. Writing at a frantic pace, he completed in six weeks what would [...]