Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is among his most popular work ... gilt-edged pages and colored illustrations. But book sales weren’t enough to cover the costs of production, which had ...

Cornhill in the 18th century: Cornhill Street is the address of the Scrooge and Marley's counting house, where Bob Cratchit is employed, in Charles Dickens's 1843 novella, "A Christmas Carol".