| The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's a Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits Contributor(s): Standiford, Les (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307405796 ISBN-13: 9780307405791 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Religion | Holidays - Christmas & Advent |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Holiday - Christmas - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how Charles Dickens revived the signal holiday of the Western world--now a major motion picture. Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay. His publisher turned it down, so Dickens used what little money he had to put out A Christmas Carol himself. He worried it might be the end of his career as a novelist. The book immediately caused a sensation. And it breathed new life into a holiday that had fallen into disfavor, undermined by lingering Puritanism and the cold modernity of the Industrial Revolution. It was a harsh and dreary age, in desperate need of spiritual renewal, ready to embrace a book that ended with blessings for one and all. With warmth, wit, and an infusion of Christmas cheer, Les Standiford whisks us back to Victorian England, its most beloved storyteller, and the birth of the Christmas we know best. The Man Who Invented Christmas is a rich and satisfying read for Scrooges and sentimentalists alike. |