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In the 1800's, children learnt maths, spelling and language at home

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•A timeline of Dickens’ life and works.

•What was London like in the 1800s?

•What is the relationship between Dickens and Christmas?

•How did Dickens’ early life influence his writing in the novel?

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Iyanu                     Dickens does not only give us a vivid portrayal of Christmas feasting, he is also concerned to make his story the vehicle of Christian truths. The theme ofA Christmas Carol is not simply Christmas feasting; it is a story of conversion, of release from the imprisoning chains of grasping covetousness worn by Marley's Ghost into the freedom of compassion and generosity. The smog-filled streets of the city in which Scrooge sees the ghosts of avaricious, selfish and grasping contemporaries ('some few [they might be guilty governments] were linked together'), are suffused on Christmas Day with the light of heaven

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Iyanu                     Dickens does not only give us a vivid portrayal of Christmas feasting, he is also concerned to make his story the vehicle of Christian truths. The theme ofA Christmas Carol is not simply Christmas feasting; it is a story of conversion, of release from the imprisoning chains of grasping covetousness worn by Marley's Ghost into the freedom of compassion and generosity. The smog-filled streets of the city in which Scrooge sees the ghosts of avaricious, selfish and grasping contemporaries ('some few [they might be guilty governments] were linked together'), are suffused on Christmas Day with the light of heaven

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When he was 12 he worked for 10 hours and walked 5 miles to work

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When Charles was only a boy, he worked at Warren's Blacking Factory where he made polish for shoes

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Iyanu                            And Dickens' skill in conjuring up the richness of Christmas fare is used to good effect in his description of the goose, and stuffing, and gravy of the Cratchits' Christmas dinner, not to mention the sharply observed mingled smells of laundry, eating- house and pastry-cook, as the Christmas pudding is unrolled from its pudding cloth and set alight with its sprig of holly on top.

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Iyanu                            And Dickens' skill in conjuring up the richness of Christmas fare is used to good effect in his description of the goose, and stuffing, and gravy of the Cratchits' Christmas dinner, not to mention the sharply observed mingled smells of laundry, eating- house and pastry-cook, as the Christmas pudding is unrolled from its pudding cloth and set alight with its sprig of holly on top.

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The Christmas carol revived Christmas for everyone, after Oliver Cromwell banned it. The novel revived the feeling and message of Christmas. Many people said that when Charles Dickens died, Christmas would die.

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Charles Dickens lived at Gads Hill in Higham

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Mary
Kate, walter, francis, alfred, sidney, haldimond, henry, dora, edward
These were his children.

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The spirit of Christmas Present take Scrooge into the city streets,mired with mud and sooty snow and the same scene is evoked

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During the 19th century London's poverty rates increased for many reasons. The government were only interested in the upper class which meant that the lower class were left to struggle. Also more immigrants moved into London with no money, again increasing the poverty as they could not find a place to live.

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Born: february 7 1812 portsmorth

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This is a good place to research London at the time of Dickens.

ttps://www.oldbaileyonline.org/static/London-life19th.jsp

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He created A Christmas Carol to urge people to remember the importance of Christmas.

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John Fostered was Dickens Biographer

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He died on June 9 1870

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Charles dickens was born in 1812 on February 7

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London was the worlds largest capital.

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Born on 7th Feburary 1824

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Dickens Died because of stroke

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There was alot  of deaths in London at that time because there was alot