The Fascinating Story Behind "A Christmas Carol", Dickens' "Sledgehammer for the Poor Man's Child"

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In the video today, we're looking at the fascinating story behind a Christmas story that not only changed Christmas, but also helped re-shape the thinking of many in the world about the impoverished. This is the story of Charles Dickens' "Sledgehammer for the Poor Man's Child", a subject rather near and dear to Dickens' heart as, for a time, it looked like many of their fates would be his own until the death of his grandmother.
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@HighlightHistory Год назад

Ever wonder what was wrong with Tiny Tim that money and 19th century medicine could fix? Well, go check out our video on the subject on our new channel Fact Quickie: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Mru2Od_thwM.html

@ferociousgumby Год назад

Probably tuberculosis, then called "consumption". TB could get into the bone and cause lameness.

@StfuFFS Год назад

I need an amelioration for that painful pronunciation of "amelioration". 😆 🤣

@pamelamays4186 Год назад

Ah, Daven. Simon's American wingman and recipient of any sponsor merch that can't be shipped to Simon.

@anarchyantz1564 Год назад

I have to say Simon, Keeps certainly has done wonders on your hair though, do notice a slight change in your accent as a side effect.🤣 Seriously though I'm glad that HH is still going

@marywenrich8050 Год назад

It has also caused him to love dogs.

@anarchyantz1564 Год назад

@@marywenrich8050 As it should be!

@js0001xg Год назад

Love the bookshelf in the background and the book related content! I have always thought you guys should have a book/literature channel... Book analysis, reviews, author history etc.

@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling Год назад

I don't dislike the content but I did come to listen to Simon.

@stevendyke6725 Год назад

Yeah... I will hands down move to another channel. Or quit RU-vid Premium as a whole if he does this on another channel.

@nuggdimmadome2192 Год назад

Daven, beards looking great dude! Good to see you on here again.

@clubjed6276 Год назад

Im still on board. Thanks for the facts!

@HighlightHistory Год назад

You're very welcome :-)

@brendakrieger7000 Год назад

Thank you for taking over the voice of this channel.

@johnstevenson9956 Год назад

I loved "A Christmas Carol". It's one of the very few books that I've read over and over. I've read a half dozen or so of Charles Dickens' other books but found them all so excruciatingly depressing, that I just can't read any more of them.

@tdm17mn Год назад

Don’t you mean “1843” not “1943”?

@tombstone1055 Год назад

So good to see Daven on here! I am certainly a veteran of Brain Food!

@AlatheD Год назад

Oh, I miss your podcast, and I don't remember if you haven't done one in a while, or if I've just missed them.

@beagleissleeping5359 Год назад

Hey! Daven's back. 😁

@kreiner1 Год назад

Davin I'm liking it, it's well written as always 😁, I'm hoping you try to relax a bit.

@markrowley2739 Год назад

Brilliant upload, thank you

@pamelamays4186 Год назад

Hello Daven! Keep up the good work!

@thewhitewolf58 Год назад

Reminds you that even in our current hell its a haven compared to back then. The past was the worst.

@Noah_E Год назад

You shouldn't use red outlines in the thumbnails. It makes it look like they've already been viewed

@VeracityLH Год назад

While the information about Dickens and A Christmas Carol, I'm more glad to hear Malthus explained honestly. It amazes me how misunderstood he is. Thanks.

@TRUEDJRI Год назад

Is Simon not voicing this anymore? Like serious question….

@mondayadams8166 Год назад

Oh my.gods right? Is fact boy okay!?

@giselematthews7949 Год назад

No, he is not. He has too many irons in the fire. He just passed this over to Dave, since he did not have time to voice it any longer

@TRUEDJRI Год назад

@@giselematthews7949 thank you. I can’t stand Dave’s voice so I needed to know if I should unsubscribe… sad

@erraticonteuse Год назад

@@TRUEDJRI Why do people feel the need to say they don't like someone's voice? Just quietly unsubscribe without being rude about something they can't change.

@andiward7068 Год назад

@Erraticonteuse it is completely reasonable to express an opinion and provide feedback. There was nothing rude in OPs comment.

@kevinfreeman3098 Год назад

Consider this, with his printing requirements, how many artisans did he make work for?

@AkienMacIain Год назад

You said "in 1943 Dickens was only 31 years old".

@heatherbarkwell9643 Год назад

I started watching this channel because I loved how much energy Simon has and his character shows through on all his channels. I do hope Simon comes back but till then or if he doesn't come back it's another great loss to myself by personal choice

@DMminion101 Год назад

He'll come back, but it's epic for me and other's, to see glorious Daven Hiskey again, he was missed.

@thewhitewolf58 Год назад

Simon is a guy that could easily be my friend even though hes a person who doesnt know i exist.

@ShaunCKennedyAuthor Год назад

I've always loved A Christmas Carol. One of my projects this year was to write my own fan-fic sequel: The Last Sin of Ebenezer Scrooge.

@MissMentats Год назад

No offence but is Simon coming back?my adhd brain can only compute fellow adhders

@js0001xg Год назад

Does Simon have ADHD?

@St.Linguini_of_Pesto Год назад

ROFLMMFAO

@trudat1498 Год назад

I get that Simon is overworked, and that he deserves a break, I also don’t dislike this dude, but I come for the Simon rants, and it would be nice to receive an introduction and a warning before such changes . Just sayin’.

@truecrimelover2022 Год назад

he doesn't really do rants on here more of a read from the script 3-5 minute video might also be why this isn't the most popular channel of the 9 or 10 in the simon whistler family of channels i do love history and hope they keep it but i don't think most people like it as much because they prefer the casual criminalist and business one where he does go more off the cuff but these are usually at most 10 minute vids and usually on point i also may have read too much into the video like 3 vids ago but i thought this was the change they were taking anyway i hope you find the channels that you like the most sincerely

@tsartomato Год назад

simon never rants outside of his owned channels

@St.Linguini_of_Pesto Год назад

I personally get amusement at Simon's eyerolls at any mentions of religion, ghosts, aliens, cryptids....

@St.Linguini_of_Pesto Год назад

@@truecrimelover2022 _9 or 10?!?_ you should re-examine your calculations, web sleuth, there are _14_ channels!

@truecrimelover2022 Год назад

@@St.Linguini_of_Pesto sounds more accurate my point was their shit ton of channels

@TheGrandDurian Год назад

Very interesting backstory, and it makes it all the clearer how Social Darwinism, and later Eugenics, were able to find so much support in the late 1800s and early 1900s - way before Nazism.

@PitboyHarmony1 Год назад

Better enunciation, better pacing and emphasis. Keep it up.

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff Год назад

Thanks.

@ssake1_IAL_Research 10 месяцев назад

I have independently researched the origins of "A Christmas Carol." The real back-story has nothing whatsoever to do with Charles Dickens. In my opinion, the original authors of the "Carol" were Mathew and Abby Whittier, an American couple. Dickens merely commercialized it for quick publication in the fall of 1843. He only feigned support for social reform as public relations.