A 1843 first edition of the classic book "A Christmas Carol"
by Charles Dickens.

Fox News) – "A Christmas Carol," a globally celebrated timeless
tale of heartwarming human redemption crafted as a haunting
holiday ghost story, was published in London on this day in
history, Dec. 19, 1843. 

Except for the biblical narrative of the birth of Christ itself, "A
Christmas Carol" may be the world’s most well-known and
most frequently retold tale of the holiday.

English author Dickens, 31 years old at the time, had recently
gained literary celebrity following the release of "Sketches by
Boz," "The Pickwick Papers" and "Oliver Twist."

"’A Christmas Carol’ was written over a few short weeks to
ensure its publication before Christmas 1843, but its message
has stood the test of time," notes the Charles Dickens Museum
of London. 

Charles John Huffam Dickens
( 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870)

Boris Pasternak’s romantic novel, Doctor Zhivago is published
in the United States on September 5, 1958. The book was banned
in the Soviet Union, but still won the Nobel Prize for Literature in
1958.

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
(29 January] 1890 – 30 May 1960)

CAMILLE BOHANNON

MIKE GRACIA

Joanne Rowling,  better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling,
is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote Harry Potter,
a seven-volume children’s fantasy series published from 1997
to 2007. The series has sold over 500 million copies, been
translated into at least 70 languages, and spawned a global
media franchise including films and video games. The Casual
Vacancy (2012) was her first novel for adults. She writes
Cormoran Strike, an ongoing crime fiction series, as Robert
Galbraith.