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Charles Dickens Early Life in 1823 London
Uncle Ray recalls young Charles Dickens working in a ragged London blacking factory at age 12 to support a jailed father and debt-prisoned mother. He describes attic housing, 10- to 12-hour days, and the later turn to schooling, legal office work, and a writing career that exposed and challenged debt imprisonment. Readers are invited to request a 3¢ stamped return envelope to receive the Susie and Stamps Collecting leaflet.
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