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Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London

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Pub Date Sep 26 2011 | Archive Date Sep 1 2012

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Houghton Mifflin Books for Children

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Charles Dickens is best-known for his contributions to the world of literature but during his young life, Dickens witnessed terrible things that stayed with him: families starving in doorways, babies being "dropped" on streets by mothers too poor to care for them, and a stunning lack of compassion from the upper class. After his family went into debt and he found himself working at a polish factory, Dickens soon realized that the lower class they were no different than he, and even worse, they were given no chances to better themselves. It was then that he decided to use his greatest talent, his writing ability, to tell the stories of those who had no voice.

Charles Dickens is best-known for his contributions to the world of literature but during his young life, Dickens witnessed terrible things that stayed with him: families starving in doorways, babies...

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EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9780547395746
PRICE 18.99
PAGES 144

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