print email comment close The Man Who Invented Christmas: Charles Dickens & "A Christmas Carol" URL: http://www.sc.edu/library/zellatest/dickens/dickensintro.html Description: This exhibit features illustrations from various editions of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," which "was officially published on December 19, 1843, and by Christmas Eve, five days later, it had already sold six thousand copies, at three shillings and sixpence each." Includes images of other Christmas-related publications from Dickens. From the University of South Carolina University Libraries, Rare Books and Special Collections. Publisher: The University of South Carolina LII Database Information: Record 25019 created by Jennifer English on 11/29/2007 Last modification on 12/04/2007 Published: 12/13/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25019