A Christmas Carol | Ideas for Reports and Papers
1. All three of Dickens's first Christmas books (A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and The Cricket on the Hearth) have characters whose faith in humanity is restored through the intervention of spirits. A Christmas Carol is usually considered the best of the three. Compare it to one of these other stories.
2. Dickens says that as he wrote A Christmas Carol he was so elated that in his excitement he would go out into the streets of nighttime London and walk for hours. How does the story reflect his enthusiasm? Does it have a positive effect on the...
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