December 1843
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol was written in 1843. It was published in December of the same year. The novella was penned by famous English author Charles Dickens.
The novella "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens is set in London, England during the 19th century. Specifically, the story takes place on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
In my opinion, a good place to start with Charles Dickens would be either The Pickwick Papers or David Copperfield. These are a little more reader-friendly than some of Dickens' other works.
A Christmas Carol takes place in Victorian London, sometime after the year of 1801. This is suggested when the Spirit of Christmas Present says that it has over 1800 brothers, because he only lives for one Christmas.
The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to; His old School The streets of London at Christmas Ghost of Christmas Present The streets of London on Christmas Morning Bob Cratchits home The Ghost of Christmas Yet to come To the Corn Exchange Old Joes ' beetling shop
The settings in "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens include Victorian London, specifically the impoverished areas where Scrooge's clerk Bob Cratchit lives and the bustling streets where Scrooge encounters the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Additionally, the story takes place in Scrooge's own home, as well as the fantastical realms shown to him by the spirits.
The situation he saw in Britain at the time. there was huge amounts of unemployment. Many were poor, so poor that they were dying from health issues brought about by a lack of food. There were industrialists that were using child labour as it was "cheap and plentiful" rather than take on adults. Many in Parliament of the time ignored the desperate situation and Dickens saw that work houses were for many the only place they could go and often they would die within weeks of going to these terrible places
He was born on 7 February 1812 in Landport, Portsmouth, England. He died on 9th June 1870 in Gad's Hill Place.
In "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge extinguishes the Ghost of Christmas Past by grabbing the extinguisher cap on the ghost's head and putting it back on, effectively putting out the light and sending the spirit away.
Charles Dickens never traveled to India, nor did he place any of his stories there.
A Christmas Carol is set in Central London near the Corn Exchange.