For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself.

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

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Topic

Christmas Childhood

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

A Christmas Carol

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1843 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843, stave 3.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. "A Christmas Carol." A Christmas Carol and Other Writings, edited by Michael Slater. Penguin, 2003, stave 3.

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Topic
American slavery
Speaker
William Lloyd Garrison
Medium
Speech
Language
English
Time
1843 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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