Where we are is who we are: setting, place and location in A Christmas Carol

In this crucial episode of Study Sessions, we look at setting, place and location as mirrors - they reflect the moral character of those who inhabit them. From Scrooge's gloomy, icy counting house to the warmth of the Cratchit's hearth, we need to make explicit the ways Dickens reinforces key themes of compassion and social responsibility through setting itself.