"If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. Besides—excuse me—I don’t know that."
An edition of A Christmas Carol
(1843)
A Christmas carol
Charles Dickens
1st American ed.
by Charles Dickens
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A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
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A Christmas carol: Charles Dickens
1997, DK Pub.
in English
- 1st American ed.
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A Christmas Carol (J & B Dickens Library)
1965-01-01, The Paddington Corporation, New York
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A retelling of the story about a miser whose life is changed by Christmas.
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This line represents Scrooge at his most callous. It highlights the Malthusian social theories of the time that Dickens was actively protesting against, making it a crucial quote for the book’s social message.
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