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Charles Dickens, a most well-known and loved British author of a large number of works that are now classics, was the foremost writer and public celebrity of the nineteenth century, he used his personal experiences and hard times that he lived through as inspiration to write about his stories. During the time of his career in writing, he wrote the well-known and most loved classics, A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens became so famous that people would recognize him all over London as he walked around the city observing things that would be the inspiration for his future writings. Upon his death at age 58 in 1865, Charles Dickens left his final work, The …show more content…

He was born second out of eight children. His father was John Dickens, a naval clerk that dreamed of striking it rich. Charles Dickens’ mother was Elizabeth Barrow; she aspired to be a school director and teacher. Though his parents tried their best they could, the family did remain poor until Charles made it big, although they were happy during their poor years. In 1816, they moved to the bustling naval town of Chatham, Kent, where the young Charles and his siblings were free to roam the countryside. Then in 1822, Charles Dickens and his family moved again to Camden Town, a poor neighborhood in London. By that time, the family’s financial situation had grown to a terrible state, John Dickens had an unhealthy habit of living beyond the family’s means. Eventually, he went to prison for debt around 1824, when Charles was just 12 years old. Charles was forced to leave school and go right into working at a boot-blacking factory due to his father’s imprisonment …show more content…

This story tells of the transformation that Ebenezer Scrooge went through from a tight-fisted tempered person to a generous and friendly man. This is brought about by haunting visions at Christmas that remind Scrooge of his happier days, until the generous spirit shows him misfortunes. This terrifies him with urgent prospects if he should not change his ways ("Dickens"). “He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, Every One!”(Dickens 92) This is from the ending lines of A Christmas Carol and shows the moral lesson learned at the end of this famous

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