Join Collin as he breaks down Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with the help of a LibriVox audiobook. This episode covers the second half of the book's first stave, which involves the haunting of Marley's ghost. Each month, a new episode of A Christmas Carol Deep Dive will drop, until we have gotten through the whole book. Find out about the historical context, cultural references, inspiration for adaptations, and much more.
Sources and additional links:
LibriVox Audiobook:
https://librivox.org/a-christmas-carol-by-charles-dickens-4/
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
By Washington Irving
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2048/2048-h/2048-h.htm
Origin of ghosts rattling chains:
https://www.hypnogoria.com/folklore_chainedghosts.html#:~:text=It%20has%20often%20been%20said,dungeon%20and%20the%20torture%20chamber.
Letters of Pliny
By Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
Translated by William Melmoth
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2811/2811-h/2811-h.htm
"Marley had no bowels" meaning
Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert (2006). "Introduction". In Dickens, Charles (ed.). A Christmas Carol and other Christmas Books. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. vii–xxix. ISBN 978-0-19-920474-8.
Witching Hour
https://www.britannica.com/topic/witching-hour