Charles Dickens
Would you be surprised to know that Charles Dickens
virtually invented the Christmas holiday as we know it
today? Before he wrote "A Christmas Carol" it was not
unknown for workers in the USA and UK to work on
Christmas Day. After his novel it became an acknowledged
public holiday and employers even became more benevolent
to the people who worked for them.
Dickens is acknowledged as one of the greatest writers of
the 19th Century. He was also a public performer,
reading his works out to much acclaim to audiences that
often included Royalty. It is said that his performances
were so powerful that grown men would sometimes faint
during the more dramatic scenes.
His work is a powerful description of society at that time
and his message about the threat of poverty and ignorance
to civilisation is as true today as it was then.
Charles Dickens died in 1870.
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