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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Charles Dickens
Victorian England's greatest storyteller; championed social reform through fiction
England 1812 Famous Authors
โ๏ธ Key Facts
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Wrote 15 novels including Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations
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Works exposed child labour, debtor's prisons and workhouses โ helped bring about Victorian social reform
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A Christmas Carol (1843): wrote it in 6 weeks; responsible for reviving Christmas traditions in England
Dickens popularised Christmas as a family holiday through A Christmas Carol (1843) โ wrote it in just 6 weeks
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โ๏ธ Famous Authors
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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England
Year / Era
1812
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Victorian England's greatest storyteller; championed social reform through fiction