Dickens is `our mutual friend'.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: December 16, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

In ``A Christmas Carol,'' the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Ebenezer Scrooge what life will be like after he has died.

Now, try to imagine life if Charles Dickens had never been born. No Oliver Twist, no Little Nell, no Mr. Micawber, no ``It is a far, far better thing. ...

Hard times, indeed. And we might as well consider canceling Christmas. No Pickwickian revels, no Tiny Tim, no Scrooge, no ``God bless us, everyone.''

Now, I realize that some of you still say ``Bah humbug!'' to Dickens as a writer. Perhaps you're put off by his sentimentality and ...

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