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Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812. ___1___
he was eleven, his father fell into debt. Because he
could not pay ___2___ his debt, he and
___3___ family were
sent to a debtors' prison to work. Charles Dickens
___4___ had to work in a factory, washing bottles and
sticking labels ___5___ bottles. People
___6___ down on his
family and him. Dickens was unhappy and ashamed ___7___
this period of his ___8___. His loss of dignity was
later reflected ___9___ his book, 'David Copperfield',
in which the main ___10___ also worked in a factory
washing bottles.
The family returned to a more normal life after
Dickens's father ___11___ a financial aid. Dickens was
___12___ to a school. School discipline in those days
___13___ very harsh. Severe punishments were meted
___14___
freely
for slight misdemeanours. Once ___15___, Dickens
suffered.
Throughout ___16___ trials, Dickens and his family
members remained close knit and supportive of ___17___
another. Dickens knew that ___18___ them he would
probably have been a thief and a beggar ___19___ Oliver
in his book 'Oliver Twist'.
Among Dickens's greatest works ___20___ 'Great
Expectations' , 'Oliver Twist', 'The Old Curiosity
Shop' and 'David Copperfield'. |
