Charles Dickens lived in the 1800s, the Victorian age. Life could be hard for children then. Many had to go out to work. At 12, Dickens himself left school to work in a factory putting labels on pots.

Early in the winter of 1841 it had been announced that Charles Dickens ... a note came from Mr. Dickens, requesting that he would bring me to the Tremont House. So I went with Mr. Alexander ...

In 1822, the Dickens family—barring Charles, who remained at school—left Kent and the number ... This final work, however, would go unfinished. After a day of working on the novel, he suffered ...

and 11-year-old Charles went to work at a shoe polish factory, earning just six shillings a week. Also in 1836, Dickens wrote this about his Christmas in a letter to a friend: “I arrived home at ...

Charles Dickens grew up in the countryside around London. He described his early years as idyllic. He spent a lot of time outdoors and reading books, and went to a private school. Everything ...