In
musical notation, a stave (or staff) is a set of five lines separated by four spaces. Each one
of those lines and spaces represents a different musical pitch. Dickens calls the chapters
in staves because each individual stave is a stand-alone story with its
own distinctive mood. When taken together, all five staves combine to form a harmonious whole.
This is important to Dickens. He wants to convey a picture of Christmas in which disparate
characters ultimately come together to celebrate the true meaning of the holiday
season.
The title of the book also has great significance for Dickens. He
wanted his story to have the same kind of communal resonance as a Christmas carol; something to
be widely shared that would bring people together.
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