Dickens and Christmas is an exploration of the 19th-century phenomenon that became the Christmas we know and love today and of the writer who changed, forever, the ways in which it is celebrated. Charles Dickens was born in an age of great social change. He survived childhood poverty to become the most adored and influential man of his time. Throughout his life, he campaigned tirelessly for better social conditions, including by his most famous work, A Christmas Carol. He wrote this novella specifically to "strike a sledgehammer blow on behalf of the poor mans child", and it began the Victorians obsession with Christmas
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Detaljer om materialet
Type
Bog
Sprog
engelsk
Emnetal
99.4 Dickens, Charles
ISBN
9781526780379
Udgave
New edition
Omfang
vi, 202 sider, tavler
Forlag
Pen and Sword History
Målgruppe
voksenmaterialer