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Author Standiford, Les.

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 : Crown Publishers, [2008]
©2008

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  823.8 STANDIFORD    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  823.8 STA    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  823.8 STANDIFORD    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  823.8 DICKENS STA    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  823 STA    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  823.8 DIC    In Transit
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  823.8 DICKENS    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  823.8 DICKENS STA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  823.8 DICKENS    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B DICKENS    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 241 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240).
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.
Subject Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Christmas carol.
Christmas stories, English -- History and criticism.
Christmas -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Christmas in literature.
ISBN 9780307405784
0307405788
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