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A Christmas Carol. The Life and times of Charles Dickens. Ebeneezer Scrooge. Sgrooge is a cold and caustic old man He is tight with his money, or a miser. He is lonely He is rich. Fred, Scrooge’s nephew. He is very merry He is sincere He is married He is poor
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A Christmas Carol The Life and times of Charles Dickens
Ebeneezer Scrooge • Sgrooge is a cold and caustic old man • He is tight with his money, or a miser. • He is lonely • He is rich
Fred, Scrooge’s nephew • He is very merry • He is sincere • He is married • He is poor • He is almost the opposite of scrooge
Bob Cratchit • He has a son named Tiny Tim • Tiny tim has a disease in his liver that makes his blood too acidic • He is poor • He works as Scrooge’s assistant
The Spirits • There were three • The Ghost of Christmas Past • The ghost of Christmas Present • The Ghost of Christmas yet to come
Charles Dickens as a young boy • Charles Dickens and his family were born pretty well off • He had 5 brothers and sisters • He was the oldest son
Charles Dickens’ Adulthood • He was married once • His wife’s sister came to live with them • He loved her sister more than her • She died and he divorced his wife
Charles Dickens’ Literature • It was in Chatham that Dickens was first introduced to the world of literature and drama. In 1823, his family moved to London, where his father was suddenly arrested for debt and incarcerated in Marshalsea Debtors' Prison. • He had to work in a blacker’s shop when his father was arrested
Bibliography http://humwww.ucsc.edu/dickens/biography.html A Christmas Carol Mrs. Nan Barker