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The Man Who Invented Christmas (Movie Tie-In): Includes Charles Dickens's Classic A Christmas Carol

How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits

How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits

How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits

How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits

By Les Standiford

By Les Standiford

By Les Standiford

By Les Standiford

By Les Standiford

By Les Standiford

By Les Standiford

By Les Standiford

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    About The Man Who Invented Christmas (Movie Tie-In): Includes Charles Dickens’s Classic A Christmas Carol

    As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how Charles Dickens revived the signal holiday of the Western world—now a major motion picture. 

    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, undermined by lingering Puritanism and the cold modernity of the Industrial Revolution. It was a harsh and dreary age, in desperate need of spiritual renewal, ready to embrace a book that ended with blessings for one and all.

    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. The Man Who Invented Christmas is a rich and satisfying read for Scrooges and sentimentalists alike.

    About The Man Who Invented Christmas (Movie Tie-In): Includes Charles Dickens’s Classic A Christmas Carol

    As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how Charles Dickens revived the signal holiday of the Western world—now a major motion picture. 

    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, undermined by lingering Puritanism and the cold modernity of the Industrial Revolution. It was a harsh and dreary age, in desperate need of spiritual renewal, ready to embrace a book that ended with blessings for one and all.

    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. The Man Who Invented Christmas is a rich and satisfying read for Scrooges and sentimentalists alike.

    About The Man Who Invented Christmas (Movie Tie-In): Includes Charles Dickens’s Classic A Christmas Carol

    As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how Charles Dickens revived the signal holiday of the Western world—now a major motion picture. 

    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, undermined by lingering Puritanism and the cold modernity of the Industrial Revolution. It was a harsh and dreary age, in desperate need of spiritual renewal, ready to embrace a book that ended with blessings for one and all.

    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. The Man Who Invented Christmas is a rich and satisfying read for Scrooges and sentimentalists alike.

    About The Man Who Invented Christmas (Movie Tie-In): Includes Charles Dickens’s Classic A Christmas Carol

    As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how Charles Dickens revived the signal holiday of the Western world—now a major motion picture. 

    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, undermined by lingering Puritanism and the cold modernity of the Industrial Revolution. It was a harsh and dreary age, in desperate need of spiritual renewal, ready to embrace a book that ended with blessings for one and all.

    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. The Man Who Invented Christmas is a rich and satisfying read for Scrooges and sentimentalists alike.

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    About Les Standiford

    Les Standiford is the author of the critically acclaimed Last Train to Paradise, Meet You in Hell, and Washington Burning, as well as several novels. Recipient of the Frank O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, he is Founding Director of the Creative Writing Program at… More about Les Standiford

    About Les Standiford

    Les Standiford is the author of the critically acclaimed Last Train to Paradise, Meet You in Hell, and Washington Burning, as well as several novels. Recipient of the Frank O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, he is Founding Director of the Creative Writing Program at… More about Les Standiford

    About Les Standiford

    Les Standiford is the author of the critically acclaimed Last Train to Paradise, Meet You in Hell, and Washington Burning, as well as several novels. Recipient of the Frank O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, he is Founding Director of the Creative Writing Program at… More about Les Standiford

    About Les Standiford

    Les Standiford is the author of the critically acclaimed Last Train to Paradise, Meet You in Hell, and Washington Burning, as well as several novels. Recipient of the Frank O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, he is Founding Director of the Creative Writing Program at… More about Les Standiford

    Product Details

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs | Religion | Literary Criticism

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Crown
    Sep 19, 2017 | 352 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9781524762469

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs | Religion | Literary Criticism

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Crown
    Oct 25, 2011 | 256 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307405791

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs | Religion | Literary Criticism

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Crown
    Sep 19, 2017 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9781524763268

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs | Religion | Literary Criticism

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Crown
    Nov 04, 2008 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9780307449733

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    Praise

    “In this small but remarkable book, Les Standiford offers readers a gift for all seasons. Carefully researched and written in a stately, lucid prose, this book will be cherished by those who love Dickens, enjoy Christmas, or ponder the endless mysteries of human behavior.”
    —Roland Merullo, author of American Savior

    “A wonderfully absorbing and revealing account, full of things I did not realize about A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, and the world of publishing. Once I started reading this book, truly, I could not put it down.”
    —Dan Wakefield, author of New York in the Fifties

    “The Man Who Invented Christmas is destined to be a classic about a classic. As Tiny Tim might say, ‘God Bless Everyone,’ in this case Standiford, for creating such a delightful and engaging gem—part history, part literary analysis, and all heart, just like the book that inspired it.”
    —Madeleine Blais, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of Uphill Walkers

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