AChristmasCarolCharlesDickensBOOKREPORT4.Appreciation2.Background3.Summary1.AuthorOUTLINE1AUTHORINTRODUCTIONCharlesDickens(1812-1870)EnglishwriterThegreatestnovelistoftheVictorianperiodFamousWorks:HardTimesOliverTwistBleakHouseATaleofTwoCities2BACKGROUNDIndustrialRevolutioninLondonEnvironmentalpollutionChildrenhavetoworkRisingcrimerateBackground3SUMMARYMainCharactersEbenezerScroogeTheGhostofPastTheGhostofPresentTheGhostofFutureThismeanoldmanonlylovedmoney.Hiswealthandinhisyouthmiserableadventuresmadehimcoldtoeverything.Itwasnotuntilthreeghosts'visitthatherealizedhowimportanttobegoodtoothersandwhatChristmasmeant.Scroogebecamekindandgenerousandbegantohelpothersbydonatingmuchmoney.Summary4INFLUENCEANDAPPRECIATIONAppreciationUnderstanding:RethinktherelationshipandconveythetruthComment:Dickensjustbasicsimplenovel,solidlyimplantedinthehumanityTHANKSMADEBYECCO