Charles Dickens, an author in the victorian era, brought to light the horrors of working in factories. He is best known for his works of Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and David Copperfield. Charles’s life did not start out easy, but through hard work, he became a successful author who has influenced literature today. Charles was born in Portsmouth, England on February 7, 1812 and given the name Charles John Dickens. Charles’ family was very poor; His father worked as a clerk a don his mother wanted to be a teacher. “He has frequently been heard to say that his first desire for knowledge and his earliest passion for reading, were awakened by his mother, who taught him the first rudiments not only of English but also, a little later, of …show more content…
The original book was supposed to be made for the public, but due to Charles getting the illustrations hand painted, it was only affordable for the wealthy. It was meant to bring light to the focus on making money, and how it was ruining people's lives. Scrooge represents the greed that many of the business owners had. Ignorance and Want, the children found underneath the Ghost of Christmas presents robe, represent society abandoning the poor due to ignorance and want. They can also represent the child labor that was occurring in factories. “A man of the largest humanity, who has simply used literature as the means buy which to bring himself into relation with his fellow-men, and to inspire them with something of his own sweetness, kindness, charity, and goodwill” (The North American Review). Charles used his writing to bring a positive change to the industrial …show more content…
This began to make his novels dark and gloomy. A Tale of Two Cities was one of the first novels that helped to rescue Charles from this darkened period in his life. This was quickly followed by another novel called Great Expectations. It is argued to be one of his best novels. In 1865, Charles was involved in a train accident receiving permanent damage due to it. He ultimately died at the age of 58 on June 9, 1870. He is buried at a site known as Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey (Biography.com Authors). In Charles’s last years, he relied on his novels to keep him from being