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Millionaire MP was real life Scrooge who scrounged for cash and ate rotting meat
Charles Dickens is believed to have based the infamous character of Ebeneezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol on MP John Elwes, a renowned penny pincher and millionaire
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Dickensian disease that killed 4million Brits makes comeback – check your area
Tuberculosis or TB, which also afflicted Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, it is thought, was heavily featured in 18th and 19th century literature