English Literature / Unit 15 ENL 1403 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Charles Dickens
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The idea
Charles Dickens, whose father was jailed for debt, worked as a boy in a blacking factory, a shame he never forgot. A court reporter and sketch-writer, "Boz," he won fame with Pickwick and wrote serial novels attacking the social ills of his age, with humour and memorable characters.
In practice
Factory boy, reporter, novelist.
Where people slip
His childhood shapes his orphans.
Your place on the trail
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