Local View: On its 182nd anniversary, celebrate 'A Christmas Carol'

Local View: On its 182nd anniversary, celebrate 'A Christmas Carol'

On Tuesday, Dec. 19, 1843, in London, 31-year-old Charles John Huffam Dickens published “A Christmas Carol.” A ghost story of Christmas, it is indisputably his most popular book. At only 166 pages, the holiday novella contains eight splendid illustrations created by Dickens’ lifelong friend John Leech, then just 26 years old. Each depiction is indispensable in bringing to life (and death) the iconic characters created by a brilliant author. The …