![]() His publisher was threatening to cut off his weekly advances. ![]() His wife was expecting their fifth child, and sales from his most recent book were down. There were the costs of maintaining a public image and the family hangers-on who constantly asked for money, such as his brother. In the autumn of 1843, despite being England’s most popular and celebrated author, Dickens was almost broke. Each book is a short, easy read for the Christmas holidays and wonderfully illustrated in oils, watercolors, or photographs.įor the 2014 offering, we get the story behind “A Christmas Carol,” Charles Dickens’s immortal holiday tale that many say actually invented the modern Christmas. One of the best things that has come out of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s annual Christmas show is a book of the story that goes with each year’s performance. ![]()
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