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Biography Book Group:The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol rescued his career and revived our holiday spirits

Biography Book Group:The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol rescued his career and revived our holiday spirits
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Bi-monthly biography book group with Suzanne.
  • When Dec 10, 2020 from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM (US/Eastern / UTC-500)
  • Where Virtual via Zoom
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The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol rescued his career and revived our holiday spirits by Les Standiford

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.  

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. 
Please register: a link to access the Zoom meeting will be sent one day before.