Winter Book Club: A Christmas Carol

Christmas wasn't always a national shopping spree — or even a day off work. But when Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in 19th-century London, the holiday went viral.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Guests:</strong><br /><strong><br /></strong><p style="padding: 0px 15px; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; font-family: NPRSerif, Georgia, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); float: none; width: auto; letter-spacing: 0.36px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Leon Litvack, </strong>professor of Victorian Studies at Queen's University in Belfast and editor of the Charles Dickens Letters project.<p style="padding: 0px 15px; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; font-family: NPRSerif, Georgia, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); float: none; width: auto; letter-spacing: 0.36px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Lucinda Dickens Hawksley</strong>, author and historian of Victorian England.<br /><em>To access bonus episodes and listen to Throughline sponsor-free, subscribe to Throughline+ via Apple Podcasts or at </em><a href="plus.npr.org/throughline" target="_blank">plus.npr.org/throughline</a><em>.</em><br /><br />See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>