The man who invented Christmas
Subtitle: how Charles Dickens's a Christmas Carol rescued his career and revived our holiday spirits
By: Les Standiford
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Broadway Paperbacks
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780307405791
Subjects: History; History and criticism; Christmas in literature; English Christmas stories; Christmas
Description: 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.
Notes: "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York in 2008" -- T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-241).
Table of contents: title: Nativity; title: Mean Season; title: Let Nothing Ye Dismay; title: What Gift Is This; title: Lang Syne.