Please explain Dickens's style of writing in A Christmas Carol.

bywas written during the Victoria Era, and characteristics of
style that were popular during that time are certainly reflected in this work. Victorian novels
often show the goodness of human nature and the struggles of the middle class (which reflected
rising literacy rates among that population during this period).

Charles
Dickens, getting his foundation as a journalist, was also aware of the struggles of the poor; he
knew, for instance, that workhouses which were supposedly intended to help the poor were often
so unbearable that the poor preferred to live on the streets rather than endure the difficult
circumstances there.

Drawing from both the style of Victorian literature and
the society around him, Dickens makes sure to draw the reader into his setting in this
novel:

The city clocks had only just gone three, but it
was quite dark alreadyit had not been light all dayand candles were flaring in the windows of
the neighbouring offices, like ruddy...