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A Christmas Carol

In Our Time: Culture

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Dickens and the Ghost of Christmas Past

Dickens was thinking about his own childhood. Scrooge is obsessed with money. He'd already fathered four children. There was a fifth on the way, born january 18 forty four. So there's a sense in which it's also self examination. Have i lost my way? Have i lost sight of the things that really matter to me as a writer?'

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