Charles Dickens
7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870
English novelist of the Victorian era whose works, including Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and Great Expectations, exposed the hardships of the poor.
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Sent to work in Warren's blacking factory as a boy
1824
The experience of child labour marked his fiction for life.
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Married Catherine Hogarth
2 April 1836
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