Dicken's life
This year marks the birth of Charles Dickens.
What is 1812
Charles Dickens was one of this many siblings in his family.
What is eight?
This book is considered Charles Dickens’s first published work.
What is Sketches by Boz?
This miserly character owns a London counting-house and is visited by three spirits
Who is Ebenezar Scrooge
This ghost takes Scrooge back to relive the events of his childhood and young adulthood.
Who is the Ghost of Christmas Past?
Charles Dickens started his writing career by publishing sketches under this pseudonym
What is "Boz"
This habit of Dickens’s father caused the family’s financial troubles.
Charles Dickens completed 75 readings during his second U.S. tour, earning this much in today’s dollars.
What is $1.5 million?
This character is Scrooge’s nephew who invites him to Christmas dinner every year.
Who is Fred?
This is the name of Scrooge’s former fiancée, who left him because of his obsession with money.
Who is Belle?
Dickens began freelance reporting in these locations.
After his father was imprisoned for debt, Charles Dickens worked at this location to help support his family.
What is a boot-blacking factory?
Dickens’s unfinished novel at the time of his death was this.
What is The Mystery of Edwin Drood?
This ghost shows Scrooge his own lonely and unloved death.
Who is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?
This ghost only lives for one day and takes Scrooge on a tour of his contemporaries’ Christmas celebrations.
Who is the Ghost of Christmas Present?
Charles Dickens suffered this life-altering event in 1865, which affected his health until his death.
What is a train accident?
Dickens married this woman, with whom he had ten children.
Who is Catherine Hogarth?
This series of humorous monthly sketches was originally written to accompany illustrations but became more popular than the art.
What is The Pickwick Papers?
This young boy, despite his disability, represents kindness and optimism in A Christmas Carol.
Who is Tiny Tim
Scrooge’s sister, who showed him love as a child, has this name.
Who is Fan?
Dickens passed away in this year at Gad’s Hill Place.
What is 1870?
Charles Dickens’s parents had these aspirations for their careers: his father as a wealthy businessman and his mother as this.
What is a teacher and school director?
During his first U.S. tour, Dickens criticized Americans in this book for their habits and gregariousness
What is American Notes?
This jovial merchant, whom Scrooge apprenticed under, is known for his generous Christmas celebrations.
Who is Fezziwig
At the start of A Christmas Carol, this character, Scrooge’s former business partner, returns as a ghost to warn him to change his ways.
Who is Jacob Marley?