Quentin Blake's wonderful drawing of nephew “And therefore, Uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that (Christmas) has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!”
https://t.co/DwxbQvNnN7

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Write up in the Morning Post, Tuesday 26 December 1843.
A new book by Mr Dickens.

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Dec 20th! Here’s a 1927 edition of ‘#Christmas at Bracebridge Hall’ by Based upon the authors experiences at in and largely considered to have influenced

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in 1843, published “A Carol." Struggling to make ends meet, Dickens wrote the holiday story in just six weeks, and oversaw the printing and publishing himself. It proved to a bestseller—the first 6,000 copies printed sold out by

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classic "A Christmas Carol" was first published 1843, two years after Dickens joined as a founder member.
Here's our 1845 edition of a much-loved classic:

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Three ghosts, three lessons.
A Christmas Carol published otd in 1843.

“Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead," said Scrooge. "But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change.”

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«I am the ghost of Christmas of the Past» The guy that give you his virginity that last christmas... Full version of the history on Instagram

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Classic ‘storyteller’ commission complete in time for Christmas. I love this style of working and the connection it creates with the client. Beautiful way to move into the last month of what has been a genuinely amazing year for my art.

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Started sketching this out about this time last year. I’m going to try and finish it in the next couple of weeks.  

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The Folio Book of Great Short Stories ⁣
The Signalman by Charles Dickens⁣⁣
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had several beloved ravens each named Grip. One would swallow and regurgitate door keys and shatter windows with its beak. Dickens wrote a talking Grip into Barnaby Rudge -this Grip was said to have inspired Poe's The Raven...

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Happy Birthday, For this new , pair The Victorian City by the amazing with (ok, bit of self-promotion) A Boy Called Dickens. But it's cause I love so much! (the back endpapers are books!)

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Happy birthday to (arguably) the greatest writer of the Victorian era...Charles Dickens! This illustration (by ) is from our new book written by Kathleen Krull, Writers and Their Pets. Coming to you this spring!

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To celebrate Charles Dickens 207th Birthday today we wanted to give you a preview of a hot new title coming soon to the Biographics series, Biographic: Dickens. Written by This book is out April 2019 and we have for it!

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On this day in 1812 Charles Dickens was born. He is considered one of the greatest novelists of the Victorian era and celebrated for his depictions of London life during the period. You can find this image and others like it here: https://t.co/3SIhcB96Az

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A passage from “‘I am in the presence of the Ghost of Yet To Come?’ said The Spirit answered not, but pointed onward with its hand. ‘You are about to show me shadows of the things that have not happened’”

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“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” - from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ...

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classic story was published in 1843.

Read more about Dickens and his role in founding the Great Ormond Street Hospital for sick children at: https://t.co/6Js62mU7DU

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