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Charles Dickens\u2019 novella \u2018A Christmas Carol\u2019 was written in just six weeks, and published on 19th December, 1843. The timeless story, which introduced the world to Ebeneezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, was conceived in part to get its author out of a sticky financial situation.\nDickens\u2019 other motive was to put into an accessible fable the political ideas that had formed the core of his proposed pamphlet, \u2018An Appeal to the People of England on behalf of the Poor Man's Child\u2019. In so doing, he re-focussed the Christmas message around charitable giving and kindness for generations.\xa0\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain how Dickens plundered his own back-catalogue to surface some \u2018Christmas goblins\u2019; consider whether the book-buying public truly understood the intended message of his work; and reveal why his determination to produce it in an affordable edition hit him in the pocket\u2026\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018A Christmas Carol: The True History Behind the Dickens Story\u2019 (Time, 2021): https://time.com/4597964/history-charles-dickens-christmas-carol/\n\u2022 \u2018How did A Christmas Carol come to be?\u2019 (BBC Culture, 2017): https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20171215-how-did-a-christmas-carol-come-to-be\n\u2022 "What day is it?" (George C. Scott - A Christmas Carol - 1984): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO17UOjcovg\n#Victorian #Books #Christmas\nLove the show? Join\xa0\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\xa0\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\nPlus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.\nJoin now via\xa0Apple Podcasts\xa0or\xa0Patreon.\xa0Thanks!\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices