where and when does the story "A Christmas Carol" take place?

Question

basically i need the setting.

Answer 1

In London about 1840. This is where Scrooge lives, and the year in which he is visited by the three spirits. Dickens wrote the story later than that. But Dickens often wrote about awful things from earlier times in order to shock. "It was not so long ago,..."he seems to say.

Answer 2

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

I have found 8 summaries for you to look at, via the links below.

http://www.antistudy.com/search.php?title=A+Christmas+Carol

http://litsum.com/christmas-carol/

http://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=74

These links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions. A short extract is included as an example of what you can expect from the summary.

Summary

A mean-spirited, miserly old man named Ebenezer Scrooge sits in his counting-house on a frigid Christmas Eve. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge's nephew, Fred, pays his uncle a visit and invites him to his annual Christmas party. Two portly gentlemen also drop by and ask Scrooge for a contribution to their charity. Scrooge reacts to the holiday visitors with bitterness and venom, spitting out an angry "Bah! Humbug!" in response to his nephew's "Merry Christmas!" more…….

http://www.freebooknotes.com/page.php?link=http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/christmascarol&book=74

Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 3

Dickens published this book in 1843. Dickens was British and this book is set in Victorian England and it is a social criticism of the horrible treatment and hardships of the poor.

Answer 4

Its set in 19th century England, London, to be exact.

Answer 5

london, mid 1800s