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Lecture 1 CHRISTMAS CAROL COURSE
Lecture 1 CHRISTMAS CAROL COURSE
Charles Dickens’
A Christmas Carol
Lecture 1
Introduction:
“A Ghost Story of Christmas”
Suggested Readings
Outline
Discussion Questions
How did the Industrial Revolution create the conditions that inspired Dickens to write A Christmas
Carol?
Did Dickens make the right decision to write a work of fiction rather than a political tract to draw
attention to the working conditions of London in the 1840s?
Notes
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