#270 | The Inimitable Charles Dickens
English Learning for Curious Minds
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A Brief History of Charles Dickens
charles dickens was sent to work in a boot polish factory at the age of 12. His father had no control over the family's spending, and managed to put himself into considerable debt. The shock of such a sudden change from relative plenty to real poverty as experienced by the industrial working class marked his olife. He quickly learnt a new form of shorthand writing, which, together with his very quick mind, meant that he was soon expert at writing down accounts of criminal trials in court. Before long, he was doing a similar thing in london's houses of parliament, where he became a famous reporter on parliamentary debates. This then led to short stories, their novels, writing initially under
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