A Christmas Carol (1843) (edit title/settings)

Shelfari edited the themes of A Christmas Carol Thursday, December 20, 2012.

• Added a theme: Redemption: Scrooge changes from bad to good in this story
• marked the description of Redemption as not a spoiler

Michelle edited the themes of A Christmas Carol Wednesday, December 12, 2012.

• Added a theme: Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution: Dickens wrote in the wake of British government changes to the welfare system known as the Poor Laws, changes that required among other things, welfare applicants to work on treadmills. Dickens asks, in effect, for people to recognise the plight of those whom the Industrial Revolution has displaced and driven into poverty, and the obligation of society to provide for them humanely. Failure to do so, the writer implies through the personification of Ignorance and Want as ghastly children, will result in an unnamed "Doom" for those who, like Scrooge, believe their wealth and status qualifies them to sit in judgement of the poor rather than to assist them.
• marked the description of Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution as not a spoiler

Michelle edited the themes of A Christmas Carol Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Added a theme: 3

Michelle edited the themes of A Christmas Carol Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Removed a theme: 3

Michelle edited the themes of A Christmas Carol Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Added a theme: Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution: Error
• marked the description of Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution as not a spoiler

Michelle edited the themes of A Christmas Carol Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Added a theme: Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution: Error
• marked the description of Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution as not a spoiler

Michelle edited the themes of A Christmas Carol Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Added a theme: Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution: Dickens wrote in the wake of British government changes to the welfare system known as the Poor Laws, changes that required among other things, welfare applicants to work on treadmills. Dickens asks, in effect, for people to recognise the plight of those whom the Industrial Revolution has displaced and driven into poverty, and the obligation of society to provide for them humanely. Failure to do so, the writer implies through the personification of Ignorance and Want as ghastly children, will result in an unnamed "Doom" for those who, like Scrooge, believe their wealth and status qualifies them to sit in judgement of the poor rather than to assist them.
• Added the spoiler-free description of Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution: Error
• marked the description of Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution as a spoiler

Michelle edited the themes of A Christmas Carol Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Added a theme: Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution: Dickens wrote in the wake of British government changes to the welfare system known as the Poor Laws, changes that required among other things, welfare applicants to work on treadmills. Dickens asks, in effect, for people to recognise the plight of those whom the Industrial Revolution has displaced and driven into poverty, and the obligation of society to provide for them humanely. Failure to do so, the writer implies through the personification of Ignorance and Want as ghastly children, will result in an unnamed "Doom" for those who, like Scrooge, believe their wealth and status qualifies them to sit in judgement of the poor rather than to assist them.
• Added the spoiler-free description of Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution: Error
• marked the description of Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution as a spoiler

Michelle edited the themes of A Christmas Carol Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Added a theme: Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution: Dickens wrote in the wake of British government changes to the welfare system known as the Poor Laws, changes that required among other things, welfare applicants to work on treadmills. Dickens asks, in effect, for people to recognise the plight of those whom the Industrial Revolution has displaced and driven into poverty, and the obligation of society to provide for them humanely. Failure to do so, the writer implies through the personification of Ignorance and Want as ghastly children, will result in an unnamed "Doom" for those who, like Scrooge, believe their wealth and status qualifies them to sit in judgement of the poor rather than to assist them.
• Added the spoiler-free description of Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution: Rror
• marked the description of Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution as a spoiler

Michelle edited the themes of A Christmas Carol Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Added a theme: Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution: Error
• marked the description of Victorian Era & Industrial Revolution as not a spoiler