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THIS MONTH IN... 1843

DICKENS PUBLISHES A CHRISTMAS CAROL

The author immortalises the picture-perfect Victorian Christmas in his festive ghost story with a heart

In 1843, with his fifth child on the way, popular English writer and social critic Charles Dickens needed to publish a new bestseller to support his growing family, so he began writing a ghost story – one that would become A Christmas Carol.

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