How Did Charles Dickens Write A Christmas Carol

Danielle Lurz

Mrs. Figg

British Literature

10 January 2018

A Biography of Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was most famous for his book The Christmas Carol. Most people only know his name because of his book, A Christmas Carol; however, he was a well as a crusader for human rights. Charles Dickens was born in England, he wrote A Christmas Carol, and he did not like the effects that the industrial revolution had on families.

Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Landport, Portsmouth, England. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Dickens. Dickens is remembered as one of the most important and influential writers of the 19th century, throughout his career Dickens published a total of 15 novels. He began his literary

The book is as popular today as it was over 150 years ago, Charles Dickens through the voice of Scrooge, continues to urge us to honor Christmas in our hearts and try to keep it all the year round (Oliver Twist). Dickens was involved in charities and social issues throughout his entire life. At the time that he wrote A Christmas Carol he was very concerned with impoverished children who turned to crime and delinquency in order to survive, eight stage adaptations were in production within two months of the book’s publication (History - Charles

One of his most famous works include Oliver Twist, which was about the young boys who worked as chimney sweepers. This was, in a way, reflective of his childhood. His works gave the reader a glimpse of how difficult it was to live and work during this time in history where everything converted from traditional, manual labor to machine-driven, highly-productive labor and often more dangerous and life threatening (Cody). Many of his novels were like this, describing the harshness of the new urban lifestyle that was caused by the Industrial Revolution. Other works include David Copperfield, most autobiographical novel, and Little Dorrit, also reflective of his younger