What is Scrooge's first name in "A Christmas Carol"?

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Every December, we dust off Charles Dickens' 1843 masterpiece "A Christmas Carol." The name "Scrooge" became so legendary it entered our language as shorthand for penny-pinching misery, but there's another half to his name that's equally perfect. What did Dickens dubbed his cantankerous hero before he became a surname-only legend?



