Christmas carol (start comparison of how scrooge changes)
A Christmas carol was published in 1843; this was a very early time in dickens career, Dickens wrote a Christmas carol in 5 different staves, he did this because in 1843 books were far too expensive to buy, so parts were published each week in magazines, in 1843 there was no state help and no benefits, if the poor would not help themselves they resorted to the work house, because it was seen