Illustration: Ebenezer Scrooge visited by Marley's ghost. Color illustration from “A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas,” by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by John Leech, 1843. Credit: British Library; Wikimedia Commons.

Charles Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ Helps Reinvent Christmas

By Tony Pettinato on December 19, 2017

An article about Charles Dickens and his enduring Christmas classic, “A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.”.. (Read More)

Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Charles Dickens’s Birthday

By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 8, 2012

This week marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles John Huffam Dickens, the famous English novelist who created such memorable characters as David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, Ebenezer Scrooge, and Tiny Tim. Born on Feb. 7, 1812, Charles Dickens remains one of the most popular and beloved writers in the world—in fact, his... (Read More)

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