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// T // he Work of Charles Dickens // // and the French Revolution //  // Charles Dickens lived from 1812 to 1870 ·   He was an English Victorian author whose work included // Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Hard Times and A Tale of Two Cities // o His upbringing greatly influenced his writing o Charles lived in a poor family who were quite large as he had six siblings. o His dad was thrown in debtor’s jail. o Dickens worked as an ink bottler as a child and used his earnings to get his father out of debt. o  Charles hated to be deprived and poor so he worked immensely to enjoy life’s luxuries for himself and for his beloved mother (who he wrote about in most of his novels). o He wrote a lot about laborers and industrialists and all of the problems, such as child labor, due to the fact that he witnessed these harsh conditions. o  He always wrote between breakfast and lunchtime. o His book David Copperfield was written about his own experiences working in a factory and the harsh conditions. o Born in Landport, Hampshire o He studied at Wellington House Academy in London, and Mr. Dawson’s school. o Before writing, he was a law office clerk, and a reporter. o He became fascinated with writing after taking a trip to the British Museum where he saw the works of Shakespeare. o He married Catherine Hogart, his friend’s daughter; they had 10 children together and separated about 20 years after. o  People accused Dickens of loving Catherine’s sister, Mary who died in his arms, and soon after the divorce of Catherine and Dickens, he then fell in love with Georgiana, another one of Catherine’s sisters. o Charles and Catherine Dickens had 10 children: §  Charles Culliford Boz Dickens §  Mary Dickens §  Kate Macready Dickens §  Walter Landor Dickens §  Francis Jeffrey Dickens §  Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens §  Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens §  Henry Fielding Dickens §  Dora Annie Dickens §  Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens _ The French Revolution Started in 1789 to 1799 ·   Louis XVI was the monarch o He was a very weak monarch ·   France was in a very bad situation financially o He spent a lot a money that belonged to the country anyway ·   The people had very little food o Louis ate like a pig anyway o This lead to violent revolts by the poor to the rich ·   Because of this, in 1794, Louis XVI and his wife was executed o In 1793, Louis XVI was condemned for death because of "conspiracy against the public liberty and the general safety". o After his excecution, the citizens ran under this beheaded body and soaked in dripping blood from his head (The picture is directly underneath). ·   Robespierre came into power o He was very harsh and unfair o He killed thousands with the guillotine o He didn’t have fair trials and killed anyone suspicious of anything ·   He was overthrown a year later and the New Constitution was issued o It gave people unalienable rights ·  After many reforms and ideas, the revolution was over 

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