A Christmas CArol
Born in 1812 Charles Dickens grew up in a small town in London. Dickens grew up in a poor family. His family, sent to debtors’ jail before he became old enough to fend for himself, convinced him to find work and stay out of the jail. Dickens worked anywhere, from law offices to newspapers as a young child. (“New Standard Encyclopedia� D-155) A Christmas Carol, written by Dickens, has changed many things in the world today, especially Christmas traditions and religion. Dickens worked in many places as a young child and when his family wasn’t in jail, if the family could afford it Dickens went to school. Dickens’ parents being thrown in jail left him to fend for himself, he found work in first a law office where he filed and did other simple jobs around the office. Working in law offices and other offices like newspaper editing room, Dickens taught himself to read and write with a little help from the adults in the office. When Dickens worked at the newspaper he would occasionally write a column or a cartoon for the newspaper and soon became a very well known newspaper reporter. From about the time that Dickens was eleven or twelve years old to the time that he
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