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and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world."
Charles was a famed writer of his time. He wrote several essays, articles
and short stories dealing most especially on the harsh and grotesque society he
was in. In 1824, his father was imprisoned for six months for debt, along with his
wife and children. Excluding Charles, he was forced to quit school and work in a
Blacking factory, beside the River Thames, putting labels on pots for 11 hours a
day (BBC, 2011). Working in the factory haunted him all of his life [which he
spoke of only to his wife and his closest friend, John Forster] but this experience
became a source of creative energy which he incorporated on his later works
with themes of alienation and betrayal (Cody, 2004).
Most of Dickens works deals with societal injustices led by the autocratic
to the poor and powerless. Themes incorporated in his works are not the sole
contributor of his fame. During the Victorian times, novels can only be bought by
the well-adjusted, thus, Dickens published his in a monthly basis. This became
more accessible to the masses (Biography.com Editors, 2017). Some of his work
with monthly installments would include The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick
Club (1836-37), Oliver Twist (1837-39), Nicholas Nickleby (1838-39), The Old
Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge as part of the Master Humphreys Clock
series (1840-41). (Charles Dickens online, 2007)
The book is composed of five Staves Stave I: Marleys Ghost, Stave II:
The First of the Three Spirits, Stave III: The Second of the Three Spirits,
Stave IV: The Last of the Spirits, Stave V: The End of It.
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