Charles Dickens - A Storyteller, Pencil and Paper

Charles dickens was born into a family of debtors. At 15 he became a junior law clerk for an attorney, learning the skill of shorthand writing and jotting down descriptions of clients that he would later weave into the fabric of his stories. Channelling his own past as a means to effecting social change, charles dickens would become a staunch advocate for social justice and reform. He even married the daughter of his editor, the lovely catharine hogarth. In just a few short years, Dickens will report directly from the house of commons, the chamber of british parla from which laws are made, o the palace of westminster.

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