"Dickens – The Man Who Invented Christmas and His Very Private Story"
“A magical mix of Victorian-era ghost story and Yuletide fable, ‘A Christmas Carol,’ Dickens’ most popular novel is stuffed with all the trappings of the season — snowy streets and sidewalk carolers, Christmas goose and Christmas pudding, and, of course, joyous fireside gatherings. But at the core of the story is a ringing Christian message founded in redemption and charity — Scrooge’s conversion from selfishness to selflessness.
“Interestingly, these same themes are even more prominent in one of the author’s least popular works, The Life of Our Lord, which was chiefly adapted from St. Luke’s Gospel. This slim volume was intended not for publication but expressly for reading aloud to his children (there were eight of them when he finished the work: the eldest, Charles Jr., having been born in 1837, and the youngest, Henry, in 1849). Written during the late 1840s while Dickens was polishing off David Copperfield, The Life was referred to as an “easy version” of the Gospels and oftentimes as The Children’s New Testament…”
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