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    Inventing Scrooge

    By Carlo DeVito

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    Inventing Scrooge uncovers the real-life inspirations from Charles Dickens’ own world that led to the fascinating creation of his most beloved tale: A Christmas Carol.

    When Charles Dickens created the story that would become A Christmas Carol, little did he know that his “ghostly little book” would reinvent the way we celebrate Christmas. From a graveyard in Edinburgh to the Marshalsea Prison in London to his schoolboy years in Chatham and even his lifelong fascination with dance, so much of Dickens’ past and present are woven into the characters and themes of A Christmas Carol. And by understanding the story behind the story, readers will come to embrace the holiday classic all the more. To this day, we look to the Christmas season as a time of warmth and celebration among family, friends, and strangers alike. And every year at Christmastime, not only do our lives get better for all the festivity, but we get better, as people. Just like Ebenezer Scrooge.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCider Mill Press
    Release dateSep 30, 2014
    ISBN9781604335552
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    Carlo DeVito

    Carlo DeVito is one of the most experienced wine, beers, and spirits editors in the world whose list of authors has included The Wine Spectator, The New York Times, Michael Jackson, Kevin Zraly, Clay Risen, Matt Kramer, Oz Clarke, Tom Stevenson, Howard G. Goldberg, Josh M. Bernstein, Stephen Beaumont, Ben McFarland, Jim Meehan, Salvatore Calabrase, William Dowd, and many others. His books and authors over the years have won James Beard, Gourmand, and IAACP awards. He has traveled to wine regions in California, Canada, up and down the east coast, France, Spain, and Chile. He is the author of Jiggers and Drams: A Whiskey Journal, and is the publisher of East Coast Wineries website which covers wines, beer, whisky, wine, and ciders from Maine to Virginia.

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    • 3/5
      Quick read.
    • 4/5
      Synopsis:This book explores how the life of Charles Dickens influenced his book A Christmas Carol. My rating: 4/5First off, this book was very pretty. I loved all the pictures inside. It was very aesthetically pleasing and that added an extra layer to my enjoyment as I read. I really enjoyed the layout of this book. There were chapter headings that explored each character within the Christmas Carol book and looked at likely inspirations for it. For instance, it is likely that the name Scrooge came from a tombstone Dickens saw and misread. He read it to say that Scroggie was a mean man instead of a meal man. Obviously, he changed the spelling around as well. But, that was just one of many fun details that the book explores. This book had a somewhat slow and dry start with frequent (probably too many) lengthy quotes. That made the book feel dense and dry. However, that improved greatly as the book went on and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. There is quite a bit of information on the life of Dickens and I enjoyed learning more about the author. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys biographies and has read/seen A Christmas Carol. Very well done book.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this book as an introduction of sorts rather then a full blown biography. As a longtime fan of A Christmas Carol, and Dickens writing in general, just enough info was imparted for my non scholarly wish for information. If you love A Christmas Carol and want to know more about what Dickens used for characters and settings this might be the book for you.
    • 4/5
      In the run-up to Christmas, I enjoy reading books, fiction and non-fiction, about the holiday. And, of course, A Christmas Carol is a huge component of the Christmas tradition. The author doesn’t break any new ground in this book, but he does an excellent job of combing existing sources and weaving pieces of them into a fascinating story. He speculates on the identity of the person on whom Dickens based Ebenezer Scrooge and where he came up with the name. He answers the question, “where was Scrooge’s office located?” He writes about events and people in Dickens’ life who somehow made their way into A Christmas Carol, how the book came to be published, and the finances surrounding the book’s first edition. I was particularly interested in details of the reading tours Dickens undertook in America and how he was received here. All in all, Inventing Scrooge was a quick read, interesting, lighthearted for the most part, and well sourced and well written. I found a few books and articles I want to read from the Selected Bibliography.