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A Christmas Carol Deep Dive: Marley's Ghost (Part 1)

A Christmas Carol Deep Dive: Marley's Ghost (Part 1)

Update: 2025-02-05
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Join Collin as he breaks down Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with the help of a LibriVox audiobook. Each month, a new episode of A Christmas Carol Deep Dive will drop, until we have gotten through the whole book. Find out about the historical context, cultural references, inspiration for adaptations, and much more. This episode covers the first half of the book's first stave, from the beginning of the story up through Bob Cratchit leaving the counting house.




Sources and additional links:


LibriVox Audiobook


Ghost Stories in Victorian England


Dead as a Doornail


Dead as a Doornail #2


John Elwes


Who Was the Real Ebenezer Scrooge


Humbug


Debtor's Prison


Workhouses (Many books linked on this page)


Workhouse Documentary


Thomas Robert Malthus essay


The Treadmill


Dunstan













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A Christmas Carol Deep Dive: Marley's Ghost (Part 1)

A Christmas Carol Deep Dive: Marley's Ghost (Part 1)

Collin Murr