Australian dictionary of Biography
The Literature network : Charles Dickens, biography, links, quizzes and discussions
A Victorian Christmas by the BBC (While Charles Dickens did not invent the Victorian Christmas, his book A Christmas Carol is credited with helping to popularise and spread the traditions of the festival. Its themes of family, charity, goodwill, peace and happiness encapsulate the spirit of the Victorian Christmas, and are very much a part of the Christmas we celebrate today.)
BBC History : Victorians (Queen Victoria, major events, industrial england, welfare and health, technology and daily life)
Museum of London : What was life like for children in Victorian London
MAIN CHARACTERS
EBENEZER SCROOGE: a miserly, money-hungry businessman
BOB CRATCHIT: Scrooge’s clerk
FRED: Scrooge’s nephew
TINY TIM: the lame son of the Cratchits
PETER CRATCHIT: the Cratchit’s eldest son
MRS. CRATCHIT: Bob Cratchit’s wife
JACOB MARLEY: Scrooge’s business partner who died seven years ago
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS
TWO PORTLY GENTLEMEN: two men raising money for the poor
FRAN: Scrooge’s little sister and Fred’s mother
MR. FEZZIWIG: Scrooge’s first employer
MRS. FEZZIWIG: Mr. Fezziwig’s wife
DICK WILKINS: another apprentice at Fezziwig’s establishment
BELLE: a woman Scrooge had been engaged to in his youth
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST: the first of the spirits foretold by Marley who shows Scrooge his past Christmases.
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT: the second of the spirits foretold by Marley that shows Scrooge Christmas celebrations in the present time
BELINDA CRATCHIT: the Cratchit’s second daughter
LITTLE BOY CRATCHIT: another Cratchit son
LITTLE GIRL CRATCHIT: another Cratchit daughter
MARTHA CRATCHIT: the eldest daughter of the Cratchit’s
FRED’S WIFE: the wife of Scrooge’s nephew
PLUMP SISTER: the sister of Fred’s wife
TOPPER: a guest of Fred’s, who is in love with the plump sister
THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS YET TO COME: the third spirit foretold by Marley that shows Scrooge Christmases in the Future
OLD JOE: a pawnshop owner
CHARWOMAN: Scrooge’s housekeeper
MRS. DILBER: Scrooge’s laundress
UNDERTAKER’S MAN: a man who has no ethics about stealing from the dead
CAROLINE AND HER HUSBAND: two people who owed money to Scrooge who are happy when he dies
BOY: the boy Scrooge sends to buy the big prize turkey
BELLE'S HUSBAND: a man who sees Scrooge on the night Marley dies
Novelguide: Character profiles study guide
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens: The Age Education Resource Centre. Maria Joseph, February 28, 2011
Sunday School ABC : A Christmas Carol by Courtney Carthy, March 11, 2012 (Also has a mp3 download of the transcript)
Spark Notes : A Christmas Carol (summary, characters and themes)
