The situation he saw in Britain at the time. there was huge amounts of unemployment. Many were poor, so poor that they were dying from health issues brought about by a lack of food. There were industrialists that were using child labour as it was "cheap and plentiful" rather than take on adults. Many in Parliament of the time ignored the desperate situation and Dickens saw that work houses were for many the only place they could go and often they would die within weeks of going to these terrible places
It was sold for 5 shillings (British Money)
anywhere from 30,000 to 50,000 Dollars depending on condition and authenticity -
It was priced by Dickens at 5 shillings (UK money pre-decimalisation) which he believed most people could afford.
A Christmas Carol grossed $177,853,834 worldwide.
There were originally 6000 printed and they cost at the time five shillings (UK money)
Disney's A Christmas Carol grossed $323,743,744 worldwide.
The Muppet Christmas Carol grossed $27,281,507 worldwide.
Disney's A Christmas Carol grossed $137,855,863 in the domestic market.
The Muppet Christmas Carol grossed $27,281,507 in the domestic market.
Bob is paid 15 shillings a week by Scrooge.
Initially Dickens paid for the first 6000 copies to be printed as publisher felt the story would not attract much interest. The 6000 sold in a week and more were commissioned this time by the publishers
The story of A Christmas Carol has some fact in its structure. Dickens often poiinted that his own life was similar to taht of the Cratchit family. SCrooge represented society as a whole at the time and aspects of Dickens life were littered in the tale. I.e his sister died as did scrooges in child birth, his family suffered the workhouse and he was forced in to work at 12 years old to earn a living.