Christmas by Dickensian Decree
by Algis Valiunas“Keeping Christmas well” entails rather more than Dickensian high spirits and well wishing to all comers. Continue Reading »
“Keeping Christmas well” entails rather more than Dickensian high spirits and well wishing to all comers. Continue Reading »
Charles Dickens, according to his son Henry, “never made a point of his religious convictions,” which were “very strong and deep.” They were also liberal and rather loose. Although he sometimes attended Anglican services and was well-versed in Scripture, Dickens was not interested in . . . . Continue Reading »
In the popular understanding of Christmas, Charles Dickens’s 1843 novella looms large. A Christmas Carol seems to represent not only Christmassy warmth, fellowship, and cheer, but the very essence of Christian practice. At the end, Ebenezer Scrooge, the old skinflint, is redeemed by an . . . . Continue Reading »
The writer whose depiction of poverty and suffering shaped the moral imagination of his countrymen practiced what he preached. Continue Reading »