Marley was dead to begin with. There is no doubt whatsoever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it, and ...

I’ve been looking into Dickens’s 1849 visit to Bonchurch in more depth for my village walks and talks. It started when I noticed how many guidebooks mention visits from various well-known figures, and ...