About the Author
CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) was born in Landport, Portsea, England, the second of eight children in a family continually plagued by debt. A legacy brought release from the nightmare of debtors" prison and child labor and afforded him two years of formal schooling. He worked as an attorney"s clerk and newspaper reporter until his early writings brought him the amazing success that was to be his for the remainder of his life.
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