He was a man so truly miserly he made Charles Dickens's Scrooge look like an amateur. How one millionaire MP - who scavenged food from RATS - proved the inspiration for the iconic character at the heart of A Christmas Carol: Mail on Sunday, 18 Dec 2022

Leon Litvack

School of Arts, English and Languages

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Leon Litvack, Principal Editor of the Dickens Letters Project, demonstrates how Ebenezer Scrooge was based on a miserly MP named John Elwes.

Period	18 Dec 2022

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Title	He was a man so truly miserly he made Charles Dickens's Scrooge look like an amateur. How one millionaire MP - who scavenged food from RATS - proved the inspiration for the iconic character at the heart of A Christmas Carol: Mail on Sunday, 18 Dec 2022
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	Mail on Sunday
Media type	Print
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	18/12/2022
Description	Leon Litvack, Principal Editor of the Dickens Letters Project, demonstrates how Scrooge was based on a miserly MP named John Elwes.
URL	https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11549651/How-one-millionaire-MP-proved-inspiration-iconic-character-Christmas-Carol.html
Persons	Leon Litvack

Keywords

Dickens
Scrooge
Letters
Christmas
Elwes, John

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