London Literature

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: A Christmas Carol, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Liza of Lambeth, Oliver Twist, The Heat of the Day, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Saturday, The Secret Agent, Mrs Dalloway, A Little Princess, London Fields, The Difference Engine, My Son the Fanatic, Esther Waters, A Mysterious Affair of Style, The Final Passage, New Grub Street, The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, London in fiction, East End Literature, The Lonely Londoners, The Citadel, The Buddha of Suburbia, Night and Day, Gabriel's Gift, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, The Millstone, London Blues, Hangover Square, To Sir, with Love, The Wimbledon Trilogy, The Girls of Slender Means, Spider, Metroland, The Adventure of the Deptford Horror, Close to Home, Millennium People, Loitering with Intent, Intimacy, The Calligrapher, A Far Cry From Kensington, The Artist's Widow, To Have and To Hold, A Landing on the Sun. Excerpt: A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. The book was written and published in early Victorian era Britain when it was experiencing a nostalgic interest in its forgotten Christmas traditions, and at the time when new customs such as the Christmas tree and greeting cards were being introduced. Dickens' sources for the tale appear to be many and varied but are principally the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor, and various Christmas stories and fairy tales. The tale has been viewed as an indictment of nineteenth century industrial capitalism and was adapted several times...