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The Man Who Invented Christmas (Movie Tie-In): Includes Charles Dickens's Classic A Christmas Carol: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits

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The Man Who Invented Christmas (Movie Tie-In): Includes Charles Dickens's Classic A Christmas Carol: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits

As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how Charles Dickens revived the signal holiday of the Western world. Soon to be a major motion picture.Â

Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay. His publisher turned it down, so Dickens used what little money he had to put outÂ A Christmas CarolÂ himself. He worried it might be the end of his career as a novelist.

The book immediately caused a sensation. And it breathed new life into a holiday that had fallen into disfavor, undermined by lingering Puritanism and the cold modernity of the Industrial Revolution. It was a harsh and dreary age, in desperate need of spiritual renewal, ready to embrace a book that ended with blessings for one and all.

With warmth, wit, and an infusion of Christmas cheer, Les Standiford whisks us back to Victorian England, its most beloved storyteller, and the birth of the Christmas we know best.Â The Man Who Invented ChristmasÂ is a rich and satisfying read for Scrooges and sentimentalists alike.
Country USA
Brand Broadway Books
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 181688
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2017-09-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781524762469

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