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Charles Dickens — Victorian novelist who created some of the most memorable characters in English Literature, while also criticising the worst excesses of Victorian society. The hard and dangerous work left a lasting impression on Charles Dickens, who would later incorporate in his writings a sense of social injustice that was endemic in Victorian Britain.

Charles managed to escape the grind of factory work, by training to be a shorthand writer and gaining employment as a journalist — reporting on court cases. In , he became a parliamentary journalist for the Morning Chronicle. The young Dickens was fascinated with the Houses of Parliament, though he was often left with a lowly impression of the MPs.

Shortly after this, he began writing his first serialised stories, published under a pseudonym — Boz. As well as writing popular novels, Charles Dickens took great interest in the social issues of the day.

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He toured both Europe and the United States speaking against slavery and the various social injustices that he saw. He even founded his own paper — The Daily News. This was its first editorial:. Principles, such as its conductors believe the advancing spirit of the time requires: the condition of the country demands: and justice, reason and experience legitimately sanction.