christmas carol
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A Christmas Carol The novel a Christmas carol by Dickens, was written in 1843 during the Victorian era. It was set in London and it was written to highlight the suffering of the poor especially at Christmas. The poor are suffering from the lack of money because there were no jobs available. There was no healthcare and poor housing and they had no money. They could not afford beautiful houses or swanky things in their houses. Bad diet because fruit and vitamins were too expensive. They had little or even no sanitation which caused illness, infant death, poor health and personal hygiene simply because they cant afford it. As mentioned, there was very little work available there were too many people and not enough jobs. When people finally found jobs they were very badly paid. Those people that were unfortunate and couldn't get jobs would starve. Many large families were separated and...


