Cover of The man who invented Christmas

Book 2008

The man who invented Christmas

Publisher
Broadway Paperbacks
Language
English
Published
2008
  • History
  • History and criticism
  • Christmas in literature
  • English Christmas stories
  • Christmas

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.