<p>Acclaimed in his lifetime for his remarkable literary career, Charles Dickens’ private life was wracked by dysfunction, scandal and the cruelty he inflicted on his wife and his children.</p>
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Acclaimed in his lifetime for his remarkable literary career, Charles Dickens’ private life was wracked by dysfunction, scandal and the cruelty he inflicted on his wife and his children. Charles Dickens, as a younger man Catherine Dickens, 1838 Ebeneezer Scrooge and Marley’s ghost, A Christmas Carol Grip, the Raven. Barnaby Rudge Freddy Bartholomew, in the original MGM version of David Copperfirld Dickens, in later life

<p>Acclaimed in his lifetime for his remarkable literary career, Charles Dickens’ private life was wracked by dysfunction, scandal and the cruelty he inflicted on his wife and his children.</p>


<a href="https://www.bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Dickens-america-tour.jpeg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Charles Dickens, as a younger man<br>




<a href="https://www.bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Dickens-Catherine-in-1838.jpeg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Catherine Dickens, 1838<br>




<a href="https://www.bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Dickens-Scrooge.jpeg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Ebeneezer Scrooge and Marley’s ghost, A Christmas Carol<br>




<a href="https://www.bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Dickens-Raven-Grip-in-Barnaby-Rudge.jpeg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Grip, the Raven. Barnaby Rudge<br>




<a href="https://www.bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Dickens-Bartholomew.jpeg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Freddy Bartholomew, in the original MGM version of David Copperfirld<br>




<a href="https://www.bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Dickens-late-in-life.png" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Dickens, in later life<p></p>



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