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Charles Dickens heralds the winter solstice season with his Five Christmas Novels. After the success attained with A Christmas Carol in 1843, Charles Dickens continued the series throughout the 1840s, maintaining what he called "the Carol philosophy" to "strike a sledgehammer blow" for the poor, uneducated, and repressed. And what are the five Christmas Novels? In typical Dickens fashion, he drove his message home with a mixture of humor and good cheer. Margaret Lane points out … [Read more...] about Five Christmas Novels by Charles Dickens