![]() Indeed, the cold-hearted Scrooge could just as easily be a 21 st century business tycoon as a 19 th-century miser, and Bob Cratchit’s working-class struggle continues to resonate. Langbauer said that the novella’s lasting power and allure also come from how Dickens wrote, not only brilliantly, but also as a cultural filter. “Dickens was trying to capture quintessential questions about human fellowship that we’re still concerned with now.” “It’s persisted because it’s just such a good story by an excellent writer,” Langbauer said. She sees many reasons why “A Christmas Carol” is so malleable and has remained so appealing across decades. Langbauer, a professor of English and comparative literature, gets students to cast fresh eyes on Dickens’ most famous work. But people know it best from movies and plays and can learn more by reading the original slim novella, “A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.”Īt least, that’s what Laurie Langbauer finds when she teaches The British Novel course at Carolina. 19, 1843, is a mainstay of the holiday season. The story of Ebenezer Scrooge, first published on Dec. “Marley’s Ghost.” “Scrooged.” “The Man Who Invented Christmas.” Whether musicals, Muppets or miniseries, adaptations of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas tale abound. Carolina Next: Innovations for Public Good ↗Įditor’s note: This story was originally published in December 2019. ![]()
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