"although the novel was his favourite work, sales had been disappointing and he faced financial difficulties" and "as well as several short stories, novellas and other works" — Sources?
"Scrooge's views on the poor are a reflection of those of the demographer and political economist Thomas Malthus" — According to who? Do specify that.
"Douglas-Fairhurst sees that the minor character Gabriel Grub from The Pickwick Papers was also worked into Scrooge" — "worked into" sounds a bit informal. Some other alternative perhaps?
For note 8, just specifying the authors should do.
For note 9, say who Chesterton is.
"They argue" — Does Jordan specifically mention who?
Wikilink "altruism" for those who may not be familiar with the word.
Thank you again,
Ssven2. All these are now done. The NPG link has not been archived and the information is no longer on the NPG site, so I've removed it. The sentence is supported by the remaining two references. All the best,
The Bounder (
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