Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva

It's as foggy and haunted and redemptive as the original it's all heart, and I read it in a couple of ebullient, Christmassy gulps.' Dickens and His Carol is a charming, comic, and ultimately poignant story about the creation of the most famous Christmas tale ever written.

'Poignant.Impeccably delivered in a sprightly prose that wants to be read out loud.Silva, one senses, is a natural-born giver, a writer who most likely leaves a candle burning in the winter nights, inviting restless perambulators in.' ' tunes herself to Dickens's imaginative frequency.She inhabits Dickens's sensitivity to London's atmosphere, its chancellors and urchins, its cobblestones and fog.' The story he writes will change Christmas forever. As Dickens' deadlines close in, Eleanor propels him on a Scrooge-like journey that tests everything he believes about generosity, friendship, ambition, and love. On one of his long night walks, in a once-beloved square, he meets the mysterious Eleanor Lovejoy, who might be just the muse he needs. And a serious bout of writer's block sets in.įrazzled and filled with self-doubt, Dickens seeks solace in his great palace of thinking, the city of London itself. But when his publishers try to blackmail him into writing a Christmas book to save them all from financial ruin, he refuses. While his wife plans a lavish holiday party for their ever-expanding family and circle of friends, Dickens has visions of the poor house. His newest book is an utter flop, the critics have turned against him, relatives near and far hound him for money. USA TodayĪ beloved, irresistible novel that reimagines the story behind Charles Dickens' Christmas classicĬharles Dickens is not feeling the Christmas spirit. DICKENS HIMSELF.PROMISES TO PUT YOU IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT.

Anthony Doerr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All The Light We Cannot See CHARMING.I READ IT IN A COUPLE OF EBULLIENT, CHRISTMASSY GULPS.

Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva