Literature & Writing

The Life of Charles Dickens

A short account of how Charles Dickens turned his difficult childhood into powerful novels.

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1Charles Dickens had a childhood that was full of poverty and hardship.

2His father was sent to prison because the family owed too much money.

3At the age of twelve, the boy had to work in a factory.

4Those dark days later appeared again in many of his most famous novels.

5As a young man, he worked as a reporter in the courts.

6He learned to notice the speech and the habits of ordinary people.

7His stories first came out in cheap monthly magazines, one chapter at a time.

8Readers waited eagerly each month to find out what would happen next.

9Dickens used humour and deep sympathy to attack the social injustice of his time.

10His books made many rich readers think about the lives of the poor.

11Today his wonderful characters still feel alive to millions of readers everywhere.

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