Novelist Charles Dickens set out on public speaking tours of his most beloved work to both the United States and Great Britain in need of money but cost him his health.
Already world famous, Novelist Charles Dickens set out on public speaking tours of his most beloved work to both the United States and Great Britain in need of money. While the public works were successful, the punishing schedule cost him his health as he died during a public speaking engagement of his new novel, the Edwin Drood Mystery.
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