
I was about to write a personal essay on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, but I decided to leave that off for the future and replace it with a biographical sketch of the man who helped revive modern Christmas and good-hearted cheer despite the secular age we live in. I also recommend the reading titled Christmas According to Dickens by Rev. Dr. Mark D. Roberts.
Chesterton's books and essays on Charles Dickens are among his best. Growing up in London Chesterton found Dickens his best guide to his own background and much of his philosophy came from Dickens's own "social gospel." To understand Chesterton you need to read his biography on Dickens. It will help you understand why he called himself a "disreputable Victorian".
Charles Dickens
(1906)
By Gilbert Keith Chesterton
THE DICKENS PERIOD
THE BOYHOOD OF DICKENS
THE YOUTH OF DICKENS
"THE PICKWICK PAPERS"
THE GREAT POPULARITY
DICKENS AND AMERICA
DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS
THE TIME OF TRANSITION
LATER LIFE AND WORKS
THE GREAT DICKENS CHARACTERS
ON THE ALLEGED OPTIMISM OF DICKENS
A NOTE ON THE FUTURE OF DICKENS