But it very nearly never existed. The story of how A Christmas Carol came to be is as didactic as the novel itself. How did Dickens fight the publishing establishment to realize his “ghost of an ...

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is among his most popular work. When it was initially published in December 1843, Dickens had been certain the book would sell well. However, his goals wasn ...

Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol to raise awareness of some of the problems in Victorian society. He thought that many of these problems could be solved if people were kinder to each other.

And she has translated that love for language into readings across Canada of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". She began with one reading in 1990, but since then has helped hundreds of ...

At first glance, it seems logical to credit Charles Dickens with our yearning for a white Christmas. The theory goes that it was his own bitterly cold (although heart-warmingly happy) childhood ...

It’s been quite the literary week for Queen Camilla. After launching The Queen’s Reading Room’s Reading Medal, she paid a ...

Michael Caine stars as Scrooge, with Kermit and Miss Piggy as Mr and Mrs Bob Cratchit, and Gonzo as Dickens in this musical Muppet take on the classic story. We’re ...