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When was A Christmas Carol published?
December 1843.
When did Charles Dickens live?
1812 to 1870.
Which monarch was on the throne when the novel was published?
Queen Victoria (reigned 1837–1901).
Where was Dickens’s father imprisoned for debt in 1824?
The Marshalsea debtors’ prison in London.
Where did Dickens work aged 12, while his father was in prison?
Warren’s Blacking factory, pasting labels on pots of boot polish.
Which 1834 law set up the Victorian workhouse system?
The Poor Law Amendment Act.
Which economist’s ideas are echoed in Scrooge’s “surplus population”?
Thomas Malthus.
Which charity schools for poor children did Dickens visit in 1843?
The Ragged Schools, including Field Lane in London.
Which 1843 government report on child labour shocked Dickens?
The Children’s Employment Commission report.
In which part of London does Bob Cratchit live?
Camden Town, where Dickens lived as a boy.
What punishment machine does Scrooge ask about, alongside the Poor Law?
The Treadmill, used in prisons.