A Christmas Carol (For Further Study)

For Further Study

• Hardy, Barbara, "The Change of Heart in Dickens' Novels," in Victorian Studies, Vol. V, 1961 – 62, pp. 49-67.

  Examines the recurring theme of change in Dickens' works

• Kaplan, Fred, Dickens: A Biography, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988.

  Among the many biographies of the author available, this is clearly one of the most insightful and readable.

• Page, Norman O., A Dickens Companion, Schocken Books, 1984.

  Page, a specialist in Victorian literature, offers a cornucopia for students of Dickens: plot synopses, character listings, and chronologies.

• Poole, Mike, "Dickens and Film: 101 Uses for a Dead Author," in The Changing World of Charles Dickens, edited by Robert Guiddings, Barnes [and] Noble Books, 1983, pp. 148-62.

  Because this book has been adapted to film so often, it is interesting to look at how Hollywood has interpreted his work.

• Stone, Harry, "A Christmas Carol: Giving Nursery Tales a Higher Form", in Dickens and the Invisible World: Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Novel-Making, Indiana University Press, 1979, pp. 119-45.

  Stone explores the fairy tradition of Victorian England, and his reading of this novel is interesting in its depth of social and biographical background.