A Christmas Carol comes home
Selina Scott and friends bring home A Christmas Carol to Malton after buying a rare edition of the book at a New York auction
A Christmas Carol in North Yorkshire
A very valuable copy of a Charles Dickens novel is back in its spiritual home of North Yorkshire. The copy of A Christmas Carol was bought at auction in New York and is now on show at Castle Howard.
Dickens is said to have been inspired to write the famous Yuletide tale after visiting friends in the area. Broadcaster Selina Scott has spearheaded the campaign to bring the book back to the rural market town.
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