Wondering what books Dickens wrote? He was the author of 15 novels. (However, one of those is incomplete.) He also wrote short stories, essays, articles and novellas.

Among Charles Dickens’s many works are the novels The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1838), A Christmas Carol (1843), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), and Great Expectations (1861). In addition, he worked as a journalist, writing numerous items on political and social affairs.

• The Pickwick Papers.
• Oliver Twist.
• Nicholas Nickleby.
• A Christmas Carol.
• David Copperfield.
• Bleak House.
• Little Dorrit.
• A Tale of Two Cities.

Five Christmas

In Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas because it is a disruption to his business and money-making, but he also hates Christmas because that happy time of the year emphasizes how unhappy he is and recalls memories he would rather forget.

The Ghost of Christmas Present appears to Scrooge in Dickens’ novel as a “jolly giant.” The robed Ghost carries a cornucopia-like torch, and he can be seen around a large feast, which reinforces the “jolly giant” theme.

What are the 4 major themes of a Christmas carol?

• Past, Present and Future – The Threat of Time.
• Family.
• Greed, Generosity and Forgiveness.
• Christmas and Tradition.
• Social Dissatisfaction and the Poor Laws.

Dickens was a vigorous critic of the New Poor Law and he relentlessly lampooned the harsh utilitarian ethics behind it – the belief that the workhouse would act as a deterrent so fewer people would claim poor relief and thereby the poor rate would reach its ‘correct’ level.

The themes of A Christmas Carol include the possibility of redemption, the damaging effects of isolation, and the importance of love and compassion. Each of these themes is displayed through Scrooge’s transformation from a miserly, greedy, and lonely man into an empathetic and kind individual.

The Ghost predicts that Mankind, Scrooge included, will suffer unless the lessons of generosity and tolerance are learned. “Most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.”

How does Fezziwig die? He falls ill with pneumonia. He is struck in the head by a horse’s hoof. Fezziwig does die in the novel, but the manner of his death is unspecified.

The ghost of Christmas yet to come has the most impact on Scrooge because it makes him fear what has yet to come and makes him want to change in any way possible. This spirit also pushes him over the edge making him realise he has to change his ways to not end up like Marley; forgotten and alone in Purgatory.

The Ghost of Christmas Present sits on top of a throne made from food eaten at Christmas. This highlights how he represent generosity since the poor would have very little food at Christmas. Also he is described as jolly, which means he is a happy person. The Ghost of Christmas Present is dressed like Father Christmas.

Scrooge’s office is dark because he constantly tries to save money in being stingy with candles and coal. But Dickens is also using a classical binary opposition (light/dark) to symbolize good/evil.

The ghost of christmas future

In stave three of A Christmas Carol, Scrooge meets the Ghost of Christmas Present and learns that he has more than eighteen hundred brothers. On one level, this refers to the number of Christmases which have passed since the birth of Jesus.

Since A Christmas Carol was written in the 1800s, the Ghost is referring to all the Christmases that have gone by since the birth of Christ. Each one has had the gift of a jolly spirit like him, infusing the day with life and joy. The Ghost refers to these past ghosts as his elder brothers.

“Are there no workhouses?” Of the two children, Ignorance is designated as the more dangerous because ignorance of the misery of the poor—willful or not—only prolongs the social problem of poverty.