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BOOKS: GHOULS BY GASLIGHT The Victorian Christmas was a darker festival than `A Christmas Carol' suggests. Judith Flanders looks beyond Dickens for her seasonal reading
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The Victorian period fixed in our minds the image of a traditional
Christmas, creating the symbols that we now think have always been
present: Christmas trees, cards, Father Christmas. It also entwined
two threads that continue today in modified form: communal reading
and Christmas stories. Today we rarely read aloud, but at Christmas
we watch films in family groups. Whether it is a James Bond repeat,
or the new Harry Potter or The Lord of the Rings, we discuss the
technology as much as the s...
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Why dickens wrote a christmas carol : Fancy and Fact.
World and I
; (Author's bio still to come) For most of us the Christmas season and Charles Dickens, arguably the most famous novelist of all time, are synonymous: A Christmas Carol, the story he wrote as a potboiler to compensate for the money he was losing on Martin Chuzzlewit, the novel he was then publishing
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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NAUGHTY AND NICE/ THE RICHNESS OF SCROOGE'S NASTINESS MAKES TNT'S 'CHRISTMAS CAROL' SING.(Television)(Review)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; As a holiday story, any adaptation of Charles Dickens' ``A Christmas Carol'' rises or falls on the nastiness of its Scrooge. For the sake of the kiddies, many productions turn the spotlight on the warm-and-fuzzy Cratchit family, especially Tiny Tim, which leaves old Ebenezer out in the snow, a
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 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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Get Dickens' Christmas stories for pounds 3.(ROP)
Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
; DON'T miss your chance to own a copy of Charles Dickens' Christmas Stories - for just pounds 3. This festive collection is the latest in our series of Great Family Reads, available only through the Evening Mail. There are 25 books in this superb hardback series, with one to collect every Wednesday
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Christmas carol.
Kidsworld Magazine
; A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Adapted by Stephen Krensky Do you ever wonder who Scrooge is in those TV commercials where they say, Spend like Santa, save like Scrooge? Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in A Christmas Carol, one of the most famous Christmas stories ever. It was written
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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Perfect read by the fireside; GREAT FAMILY READS: CHARLES DICKENS' CHRISTMAS STORIES... THE LATEST IN OUR GREAT BOOKS FOR pounds 3 OFFER...(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without a bit of Scrooge and bah, humbug! Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has become a firm favourite over the years, whether in print or on film. And now you can snap up the story, and other festive tales by Charles Dickens, for just pounds 3 with today's
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Lost spirit of Christmas past No one has evoked the mood of the festive season better than Charles Di ckens. Sadly, despite his recently revived popularity, the Christmas stories ha ve been forgotten, says Jane Jakeman The amount of print he devoted to Christmas is staggering We can't digest Dickens, and must always have him pap-fed
The Independent - London
; You watched the televised Martin Chuzzlewit. You've got tickets for Oliver! But when did you last read a Dickens novel? Complete sets of Dickens were once part of the standard furniture of the British home, at least where there were any pretensions to literacy. Huge runs of fat buckram volumes, in
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Competitions and offers: Yule Want To Win A Festive Hamper; IN OUR CHRISTMAS CAROL COMPETITION.(Competition/Offers)
The Mirror (London, England)
; Bah, Humbug! That would have been Scrooge's response to celebrating the festive season in style with a luxurious Sainsbury's Season's Greetings hamper. But you could enjoy through our cracking Christmas Carol competition. With each hamper comes the season's favourite tale, brought to life by
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Scrooge at 25 On its silver anniversary, the Goodman's 'A Christmas Carol' proves it's a classic of the past, present and, undoubtedly, the future.(Suburban Living)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; Byline: Lisa Friedman Miner Daily Herald Staff Writer Charles Dickens wrote his beloved A Christmas Carol in part to turn a quick profit. Chicago's Goodman Theatre staged the production 135 years later to make some money during the traditionally tough holiday theater season. But the impact of both
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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'A CHRISTMAS CAROL' TIMES 2.(News)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; Byline: Daily News NEWHALL - Santa Clarita's two community theaters both will present versions of Charles Dickens' ``A Christmas Carol'' this holiday ...
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 "The Capital Times (Madison, WI)")
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DVD & VIDEO VERSIONS OF 'A CHRISTMAS CAROL' CATER TO EVERY TASTE.(LIFESTYLE)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
; Byline: Jane Burns The Capital Times The first DVD I ever bought was Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate. OK, if that's taking liberties with the writing of Charles Dickens, so be it. At this time of year,
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