54:31 Regarding "A Christmas Carol," I've discovered evidence that Charles Dickens was not its original author. It was, as I have concluded, co-authored by an American couple named Mathew Franklin Whittier and Abby Poyen Whittier, in 1838-39. Mathew reviewed one of Dickens' 1867 readings in New York City, broadly hinting that his depiction of Scrooge was authentic because Dickens, himself, was like Scrooge in character.
54:31 Regarding "A Christmas Carol," I've discovered evidence that Charles Dickens was not its original author. It was, as I have concluded, co-authored by an American couple named Mathew Franklin Whittier and Abby Poyen Whittier, in 1838-39. Mathew reviewed one of Dickens' 1867 readings in New York City, broadly hinting that his depiction of Scrooge was authentic because Dickens, himself, was like Scrooge in character.