![]() ![]() ![]() Since Dickens was paying for the publishing of the book, he wanted the book done his way. Chapman & Hall would be paid for the printing costs and receive a fixed commission on the number of copies sold. As a result, they proposed that A Christmas Carol be issued in an inexpensive collection of Dickens’s works or possibly as part of a new magazine.ĭickens was adamant that A Christmas Carol be published as a high-quality, stand-alone book.Īfter a discussion between the parties, they came to an unusual agreement.ĭickens would fund the publication of A Christmas Carol. The owners of the company began to lose faith in the marketability of Dickens’s work. Sales of Martin Chuzzlewit, also published by Chapman & Hall, had been much less than expected. However, in an interesting turn of events, Dickens paid the publishing costs himself. Technically speaking, A Christmas Carol was published by Chapman & Hall. ![]()
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