“Solitary as an Oyster”: Edibility, Provision, and the Moral Economy in A Christmas Carol

Few phrases in Dickens are more memorable than the description of Ebenezer Scrooge as “secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster” (Dickens, A Christmas Carol 3). The simile has attracte...

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ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews
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2026-08-25
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https://doi.org/10.1080/0895769x.2026.2724100
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Migration, Policy, and Dickens Studies
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“Solitary as an Oyster”: Edibility, Provision, and the Moral Economy in A Christmas Carol

Bing Jin, Jie Zhong
ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews
Migration, Policy, and Dickens Studies
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“Solitary as an Oyster”: Edibility, Provision, and the Moral Economy in A Christmas Carol

Bing Jin, Jie Zhong
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Few phrases in Dickens are more memorable than the description of Ebenezer Scrooge as “secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster” (Dickens, A Christmas Carol 3). The simile has attracte...

ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews
University of International Business and Economics (CN), University of Oxford (GB)
China Scholarship Council, Major Program of National Fund of Philosophy and Social Science of China
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Migration, Policy, and Dickens Studies
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