Title The man who invented Christmas : how Charles Dickens's A Christmas carol rescued his career and revived our holiday spirits / Les Standiford.

Publication Info.	New York : Broadway Books, [2017]
	©2008

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Location	Call No.	Status
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies	92 BIOGRAPHY DICKENS	Check Shelf
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Edition	2017 paperback edition.
Description	xii, 337 pages ; 21 cm
Note	Includes reader's guide and the text of A Christmas carol.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221).
Summary	With warmth, wit, and good cheer, Standiford shows how the unlikely success of "A Christmas Carol" revitalized Charles Dickens's languishing career and revived the celebration of the near-forgotten Christmas holiday.
Contents	Nativity -- Mean season -- Let nothing ye dismay -- What gift is this -- Lang Syne -- A Christmas Carol.
Subject	Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Christmas carol.
	Christmas carol (Dickens, Charles) (OCoLC)fst01357305
	Christmas stories, English -- History and criticism.
	Christmas -- England -- History -- 19th century.
	Christmas in literature.
	Christmas. (OCoLC)fst00859787
	Christmas in literature. (OCoLC)fst00859827
	Christmas stories, English. (OCoLC)fst00859877
	England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Container of (work): Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Christmas carol.
ISBN	1524762466 (softcover) : $17.00
	9781524762469 (softcover) : $17.00

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