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Author Standiford, Les.

Title The man who invented Christmas : how Charles Dickens's A Christmas carol rescued his career and revived our holiday spirits / Les Standiford.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Crown Publishers, [2008]
©2008
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1321992~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  823.8 DIC    AVAILABLE
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Description 241 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-241).
Summary With warmth, wit, and good cheer, Standiford shows how the unlikely success of "A Christmas Carol" revitalized Charles Dickens's languishing career and revived the celebration of the near-forgotten Christmas holiday.
Subject Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Christmas carol.
Christmas stories, English -- History and criticism.
Christmas -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Christmas in literature.
ISBN 9780307405784
0307405788
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