By John Broich writing from Time.com
Dickens originally intended to write a pamphlet about poverty, but he changed his mind
After a particularly bleak year, millions in the English-speaking world and beyond will seek some comfort by watching a converted miser in a nightshirt, skipping about as light as a feather. “Whoop! Hallo! …What’s to-day my fine fellow?”
Published 173 years ago this month, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carolwas an instant bestseller, followed by countless print, stage and screen productions. Victorians called it “a new gospel,” and reading or watching it became a sacred ritual for many, without which the Christmas season cannot materialize
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