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Christmas with Charles Dickens

You're Dead to Me

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The Dickens Family

Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth. He had an older sister and six younger siblings, although one of them died very young. Fanny was actually the talented one of the family when they were kids. And their parents prioritised her education, meaning that at certain points Dickens' parents couldn't afford schooling for him. Mike: How do you picture a Christmas scene 200 years ago when Charles Dickens is a little boy? Emily: I'm tempted to go and just drag her in.

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