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A Christmas Carol

In Prose. A Ghost Story of Christmas.

Charles Dickens

1843

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Journal Article

A Christmas Carol In Nineteenth-Century America, 1844-1870

What were Americans' immediate responses to "A Christmas Carol," and how did Dickens' reading tours and eventual death reshape its meaning?

by Thomas Ruys Smith via Comparative American Studies on July 27, 2023
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Charles Dickens Had Serious Beef with America and Its Bad Manners

How Charles Dickens' unpleasant trip to Boston led to "A Christmas Carol."

by Samantha Silva via Literary Hub on December 21, 2017

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Toy santa mug shots

The War on Christmas

A brief history of the Yuletide in America.

by Charles Ludington via The American Scholar on December 28, 2020

Title page and verso of the first edition of "A Christmas Carol."

A Plea to Resurrect the Christmas Tradition of Telling Ghost Stories

Though the practice is now more associated with Halloween, spooking out your family is well within the Christmas spirit.

by Colin Dickey via Smithsonian on December 15, 2017

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