Charles Dickens

Homeschool History by BBC

May 11, 202015:03Kids & family

We all know he wrote the original Muppet Christmas Carol, but what else is there to know about Charles Dickens? From a childhood working in the factories of Victorian London, to becoming a literary superstar with books s...

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