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What the Dickens? A MACABRE Christmas Episode: How Charles Dickens saved Christmas

Macabre : Dark History
Macabre : Dark History
Episode • Dec 22, 2023 • 31m

Charles Dickens, in a technical definition, was a novelist from Victorian era England who created some of the world’s best known characters and stories…but he truly was so much more than that. His talent struck a chord in hearts of all sizes and ages. He changed the world. Join the Ladies of Macabre as they talk about what haunted Dickens and how he revived Christmas.

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Resources:

Charles Dickens | Biography, Books, Characters, Facts, & Analysis | Britannica

A Victorian Christmas (historic-uk.com)

7 Best Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens (Not Including 'A Christmas Carol') (oldstyletales.com)

The Paris Review - Ghost Club: Yeats’s and Dickens’s Secret Society of Spirits

“A Christmas Carol,” by Charles Dickens

 



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