There isn't a time frame indicated in the original story but as Scrooge is still quite young and he is working for himself its assumed circa two years
Scrooge was never married. He was engaged to Belle at one time.
When Ebeneezer Scrooge was young he was in love with a girl named Belle; but she left him because of his obsession for money.
Scrooge was engaged to Belle Fezziwig, the daughter of his employer.
Scrooge was engaged to "Belle" who never rated a last name in the story. They break up over his love of money. In the book and the 1935 movie "Scrooge" with Seymour Hicks we are shown Belle, her children and her husband living happily without him. In the 1951 "Scrooge" with Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, she lives out her life working with the poor (marital status unknown).Strangely enough after the ghostly revelation that she is alive and well in London and his reordering of his priorities, he never seeks her out to renew the relationship. Some movie adaptations show Belle being one of Fezziwig's daughters.
He was engaged to Belle but Belle saw Scrooges love of money talking over and "released him" from his promise. He did not marry after that
Scrooge never married. He was once engaged to Belle but she released him of his promise as another idle, a golden one had taken Scrooges heart (money)
In Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol, Belle and Scrooge were engaged as a young couple. Later Belle breaks off their engagement because she feels Scrooge's growing greed is changing him. When the ghost of Christmas Past reveals Belle to Scrooge and a grown woman with a family he realizes what he has lost.
Belle believed that Scrooge's love for her had been replaced by his love for money and success. She saw that he had become consumed by greed and material wealth, causing her to break off their engagement.
Scrooge didn't have a wife, he never married. He was however engaged to Belle whose Scrooges migration to the love of money
Ebenezer Scrooge was not married in Charles Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol." He was engaged to a woman named Belle, but they never married because Scrooge's love for money and lack of affection drove them apart.
Belle broke up with Scrooge because she felt he was too focused on his pursuit of wealth and power, and did not prioritize their relationship or their future together. She wanted someone who valued love and family more than money.
Well, honey, let me break it down for you. Scrooge and Belle went their separate ways because Scrooge chose money over love like a fool. Belle had enough of his penny-pinching ways and decided to leave his miserly behind. So, in a nutshell, Scrooge lost a good woman because he couldn't get his priorities straight.