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    Charles Dickens believed it was up to him to inform the people of Britain of the social problems occurring around Britain. While Dickens was a young man, he suffered from poverty along with his mother and father. His father was imprisoned for dept and Charles wanted to become a social reformer. Dickens used these problems as themes for his book ‘A Christmas Carol'. These themes involve poverty, pollution and a changing of ways. Dickens used Scrooge, the main character in the book at first to show

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    the greatest novelist known in the Victorian era is Charles Dickens. There are many factors to what made Dickens such a great author such as his desire to read and become great. The people around him, his point of view towards political parties, and his financial conditions influenced Charles Dickens work. One of the things that influenced Dickens writing is by the people around him. Ikey Solomon and Bob Fagin are two people who inspired Dickens to create Bob Fagin in Oliver Twist. Ikey Solomon

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    Fighting Society: Charles Dickens

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    many aspects of daily life, Charles Dickens only saw the negative effects that this new way of life imposed upon unsuspecting families. As a victim of the Industrial Revolution, which left many of the working class, including his own family, in a horrible state of living, Dickens grew up in a wretched environment brought on by an advancing society. His early life led to his ambitions of escaping the poverty

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    The book I have chosen is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It has been rewrote few times but I wanted to pick the author that started it all. Charles John Huffman Dickens lived from February 7th,1812 – June 9th,1970 making him 58 when he died. He was buried Westminster Abbey. His mother and father were John and Elizabeth Dickens. He had seven siblings four brothers and three sisters. During his life he was married to his wife Catherine Dickens from 1836 to the day he died. Together they had

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    Dickens was born in 1812 and was the second oldest child out of eight children. His Father, John Dickens, was a clerk while his mother, Elizabeth Barrow, was a teacher (“Charles Dickens”). In 1824, Dickens’ father was sent to prison because he was in debt, since his father was in prison, Dickens’ mother made him drop out of school to help pay bills. His first job was at a boot-blacking factory. When he was working there, he earned about six dollars a week and for him getting a job, he realized he

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    I will be writing about a famous author, Charles Dickens. It will talk about his early, middle, and later years of his life. It well also talk about some of his great works of litterer. In conclusion it will show comparison from his to his life. On February 7, 1812 Charles dickens was born in Landpoert Portsmouth. Charles was the second of eight children to john Dickens his father that worked in a navy post office and his wife Elizabeth dickens. Then later in the 1814 they all moved to London due

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    inspiration and find relaxation in great works of literature. Known for writing great literature, Charles Dickens is the author of many intriguing novels and was an inspiring author whose books are still read today. Writing many different things, Dickens was best known for his novels, articles and journals. His first novel, Oliver Twist, that Dickens wrote in 1837 was made into a movie in 2005. Charles Dickens's childhood and lack of education greatly influenced the lives of the characters in his novels

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    Charles Dickens was a popular author in the 1800's. His life was full of popularity, mystery, and enchantment, except for his childhood. Charles Dickens lead an underprivileged childhood, wrote about poverty, and died while writing a mystery book. Charles lived his childhood in poverty which did not give him much opportunity. His father, John Dickens, was put in prison when Charles was 12 for financial difficulties. While his father was in prison, Charles took on more responsibility and got a job

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    Can one man change the world? In the case of Charles Dickens, the answer is clearly yes. Charles Dickens is known for writing unbelievable novels. In spite of his books he was an amazing writer, everyone loved his books especially children. From the movie and play we watched, for our holiday spirit, Charles Dickens has a fantastic shock in the world. However he still influences children and authors today. As a journalist, Charles Dickens is known for writing twenty one novels that are still popular

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    Sezin Erciyas 21502064 SOC 101-6 Özlem Sefer Great Expectations is a novel written by Charles Dickens. This novel is about a boy named Pip and his life. He lives with his abusive sister and kind brother-in-law. The novel is happening in Kent and London in the early to mid-1800s, and contains some of Dickens' most memorable scenes, including the opening. Great Expectations includes extreme imagery, poverty such as prison chains, and fights to the death, and has a different ranged characters

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