A biography of Charles Dickens, discussing how his father's debts forced him to go to work in a shoe polish factory, and looking at how his observations of the poor led him to write novels with an eye toward bringing attention to the plight of London's destitute children.
year: 2011
call number/section: 920, 921, 823, 823.8, 830
subjects: dickens, charles, 1812-1870, london (england), children, novelists, english, 19th century, biography, street children in literature, poor in literature, london (england), in literature