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February 2012

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    A Deeper Look at Dickens

    As a small boy, a barely 12-year-old Charles Dickens spent days "of humiliation and neglect" pasting labels onto jars of black boot polish, in a rat-infested London warehouse. He saw his relatives only on Sundays, when he visited Marshalsea debtor's prison...

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