Why is A Christmas Carol famous?

And, yes, that might mean “a prize Turkey” at Christmas. (Dickens could not resist a description of food in sensuous detail.) But the real salvation that Scrooge gives to the Cratchit family is a raise. read more

Natalie McKnight: A Christmas Carol is perennially appealing because it involves elements of myths, epics, fairy tales and ghosts stories—all enormously popular forms. read more

Because it is a perfect story and being a story of an important and annual holiday, it naturally gets attention each and every year. read more