Subtitle A Christmas Carol Info

: To maintain this musical metaphor, Dickens divided the book into five "staves" instead of chapters. In music, a stave (or staff) is the set of lines upon which notes are written.

: In his preface, Dickens wrote that he sought to "raise the Ghost of an Idea" that would "haunt" his readers' houses "pleasantly". The ghosts (Marley and the three Spirits) serve as a supernatural vehicle for Scrooge’s—and by extension, the reader's—psychological and moral awakening. subtitle A Christmas Carol

How 'A Christmas Carol' became a holiday classic - CU Denver News : To maintain this musical metaphor, Dickens divided