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The spirit informs Scrooge that Tiny Tim will die unless the course of events changes. Before disappearing, the spirit shows Scrooge two hideous, emaciated children named Ignorance and Want. He tells Scrooge to beware the former above all and mocks Scrooge's concern for their welfare.
Dickens portrait by Margaret Gillies (1843), painted during the period when he was writing A Christmas Carol.. By early 1843 Dickens had been affected by the treatment of the poor and, in particular, the treatment of the children of the poor after witnessing children working in appalling conditions in a tin mine [8] and following a visit to a ragged school. [9]
Scrooge is taken to Fred's house for the party which Scrooge declined to attend. Fred still wants to pursue a relationship with Scrooge for the sake of Fan; Ebenezer is touched by this. The spirit then takes Scrooge to a tunnel where homeless families are camped. There, two malnourished children, Ignorance and Want, warn Scrooge to beware of them.
Full-page illustration for Dickens's Christmas Carol: Ignorance and Want Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham. [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned the image and (2) link your document to this URL.]
NEW YORK — To hear Philip Palmer, the literary curator at the Morgan Library & Museum tell it, the story behind the writing of "A Christmas Carol" sounds, well, like something out of Charles ...
A Christmas Carol is a 1999 Christmas fantasy television film based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol that was first televised December 5, 1999, on TNT. [1] It was directed by David Jones and stars Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge and Richard E. Grant as Bob Cratchit. [2]
Years ago, my son and I began watching as many versions of A Christmas Carol as we squeeze into December, from YouTubers and Muppets' to Alastair Sim
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