Well, Charles Dickens was a British writer and social critic who wrote many classic novels, including "A Christmas Carol" in 1843. "A Christmas Carol" is a novella about a miserly businessman named Ebenezer Scrooge who is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve and shown the error of his ways. The story is a timeless classic that has been adapted into plays, movies, and musicals and is still widely read and enjoyed today.