Dickens thought that many of the problems in society could be solved if there was more support for the poor. The Christmas scenes in A Christmas Carol don’t show people giving presents to each ...

Since its publication in December 1843, “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens has ... and turns away those collecting donations for the poor. His sole concern is his own material enrichment.

In some ways, it's even darker than "A Christmas Carol." "Trotty" Veck, a poor, elderly "ticket porter" — that is, messenger boy — has been so browbeaten by his betters, so convinced that the ...

Has it been a while since you've read “A Christmas Carol”? The book is a 92-page ... autumn of 1843 "as a reaction to the suffering of poor children," according to the Charles Dickens Museum ...

"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens never gets old. Since it was written in 1843, "Carol" has been a holiday favorite. The story of the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his conversion to generosity ...