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Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1843

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Essay Topics

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How are Victorian theories of poverty similar to or different from modern theories?

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Why did the Ghost of Christmas Present tell Scrooge that Ignorance was the more dreadful of the two children of humankind?

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Does modern Western society suffer the same economic stratification as Victorian England? What social and economic factors might account for similarities or differences?