Scrooge's Asocial Character in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Marked by class stratification and social injustice, the Victorian period recorded remarkable and talented novelists who criticized the living conditions of the working class. Among them was the most prolific of his time, Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870). The latter wrote a countless number of bestsellers such as The Pickwick Papers (1836), David Copperfield (1839), Oliver Twist (1850), Great Expectations (1861) …, and the most famous of all time, A Christmas Carol (1843), in which the author denounces the selfishness of the bourgeoisie during the Christmas feast. Therefore, this article aims to examine the moral flaws of the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, in particular his insensitivity towards his destitute Victorian fellow citizens (employees, family members, neighbors, ...).