Charles Dickens — [ Poem ] — December 20th, 2020 — Robert Bayer — (3 pages)

Charles Dickens Social Justice Novelist, Renowned Knight of the Pen, For the poorest of England’s kingdoms Charles championed; Campaigned against societal evils, sharing generously his authorship fortune. Yet Dickens’ parents were incarcerated in the debtors' Marshalsea Prison, Whereby as a child of twelve was forced to work in the Blacking Factory of Warren, Where his wages a day, one shilling — exhausting hours a day, ten!

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Charles Dickens — [ Poem ] — December 20th, 2020 — Robert Bayer — (3 pages)

Published on Dec 21, 2020

Robert Bayer

Charles Dickens Social Justice Novelist, Renowned Knight of the Pen, For the poorest of England’s kingdoms Charles championed; Campaigned against societal evils, sharing generously his authorship fortune. Yet Dickens’ parents were incarcerated in the debtors' Marshalsea Prison, Whereby as a child of twelve was forced to work in the Blacking Factory of Warren, Where his wages a day, one shilling — exhausting hours a day, ten! In wretched Hungerford Stairs to rest — on rotting floors overrun with rats— 1,000! Boz escaped this hell at 18 via journalism reporting on the hells of London. Against child labor, poverty, American slavery, numerous vigorous protests written, Such as his The Pickwick Papers, his first novel, a publishing phenomenon. Thereafter great masterpieces of English literature—colored with characters never forgotten: Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations Oliver Twist, Hard Times, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol — all with passion written. The Spirit of the